- Date
- March 9, 1993, 18:26 local (22:26 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9977NCessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930309004659A
- Case key
- 5869
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Probable cause
The failure of the private certificated/dual student pilot to maintain directional control. A factor in the accident was the failure of the flight instructor/pilot in command to take timely remedial action.
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 dual instructional flight was commenced for the purpose of familiarizing the private certificated/dual student pilot with the inflight and landing and takeoff characteristics of his newly acquired plane. Earlier in the flight, the student had successfully demonstrated landings and takeoffs at surrounding airstrips on snow covered paving. Just after touchdown on the dry pavement, the airplane began drifting to the right of the runway centerline. The student reported that he applied pressure to the rudder control pedals to correct the plane's ground path. The plane subsequently developed a nose over tendency which required increasing amounts of up elevator to counter. The nose over tendency continued and the plane ended up inverted on the runway. The student reported that he was wearing large thick soled boots and that he may have unintentionally applied pressure to the wheel brakes at the same time he was manipulating the rudder control pedals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9977N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052632
- Airframe hours
- 3,556
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chris J. Phillips
- Registered owner
- Chris J. Phillips
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1992 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 68
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 12,700 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9977N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.