Accident Cessna 180 N4814,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292294
 
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Date:Tuesday 23 May 2006
Time:17:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C180 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 180
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N4814
MSN: 32847
Year of manufacture:1957
Engine model:Continental O-470-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Sterling, Alaska -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR)
Destination airport:Sterling, AK
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The certificated commercial pilot was landing at a private airstrip at the conclusion of a CFR part 91 personal flight. The airstrip did not have a windsock, but the pilot said he anticipated a right crosswind, and estimated the wind as about 10 knots. He said the airplane touched down, and then bounced slightly. The airplane began to veer to the right, and he attempted to stop the turn by applying left rudder and left brake. The turn continued, and the airplane ground looped to the right, sustaining damage to the left wing, the left horizontal stabilizer, and the left main landing gear.

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in an on-ground encounter with the runway surface. Factors contributing to the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ANC06CA060
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB ANC06CA060

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 July 2013 N4814 0 Anchorage, Alaska sub
Wake vortex encounter

Revision history:

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