- Date
- June 19, 1993, 20:50 local (Jun 20, 1993, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9968XCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930619023209A
- Case key
- 2364
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Probable cause
Separation of the right main landing gear wheel.
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
According to the pilot, the airplane started bouncing after touchdown, and he began to apply right brake. About 150-200 ft after touchdown the right wheel left the gear leg, and on the next bounce the gear leg folded under the airplane. The airplane was equipped with gar aero 6-inch to 10-inch wheel adapters.
Factual narrative
On June 19, 1993, at 2150 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N9968X, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command bounced during landing and the right main landing wheel departed the airplane. A subsequent bounce folded the right main gear beneath the airplane and the airplane ground looped. The accident occurred during the hours of daylight at the Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, last departed Lake Hood Airstrip for a local flight. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the Pilot-in-Command, the sole occupant, was not injured.
According to the Pilot-in-Command, after touchdown the right side of the airplane started bouncing and he began to apply right brake. On the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 the Pilot-in-Command states "About 150-200 feet after touchdown the right wheel left the gear leg and on the next bounce the gear leg folded under the airplane."
According to the Pilot-in-Command, the airplane was equipped with GAR AERO 6 inch to 10 inch wheel adapters.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9968X
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0168
- Airframe hours
- 5,922
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagley, Ronald A.
- Registered owner
- Eagley, Ronald A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1993 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Z41
- Airport
- Z41 · Lake Hood Airstrip, runway 31, 2,200 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 30 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.