- Date
- July 1, 1990, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N820AKCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5395
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Probable cause
The pilot loss of directional control.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he lost directional control during the landing roll and ground looped the airplane to the right, damaging the left wing. The pilot noted in his accident report to NTSB that his last biennial flight review was accomplsihed approximately 44 months prior to the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N820AK
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052892
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cottrell, David J, doing business as D.J. Rentals
- Departed
- SOV · Seldovia, AK
- Airport
- HOM · Homer
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 900 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N820AK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.