Cessna 180 N2144Z

Summary

On 12 April 2017 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2144Z was involved in an accident near Kenai, Alaska, United States. One person was 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 April 2017 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kenai Muni (ENA)

Coordinates

60.5728, -151.2467

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2144Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Kenai

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA231

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with crosswind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing and as the tailwheel was settling on the runway, there was an "apparent change in wind direction," and the airplane veered left. He attempted to correct by applying right rudder and brake, but the airplane continued off the left side of the runway and ground looped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, the right horizontal stabilizer, and the elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system at the airport, about the time of the accident, reported that the was wind from 300° at 9 knots. The pilot landed on runway 2L.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.