Cessna 180H N8221V

Summary

On 12 June 2011 at about 03:00 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N8221V, operated by Russey Reagan, was involved in an accident near Skwentna, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 2011 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Skwentna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.9356, -151.6431

Aircraft

Cessna 180H

Registration

N8221V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Russey Reagan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Skwentna → Skwentna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11CA043

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of a tundra tire-equipped airplane was landing at a remote airstrip when he lost directional control while attempting to negotiate a dog-leg turn on the airstrip. He said that when he attempted to turn, the large tundra tires slowed the response to his control inputs, and the right wing struck vegetation, pulling the airplane off the airstrip into trees and brush. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.