Cessna 180H N3467Y

Summary

On 13 August 2021 at about 23:55 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N3467Y was involved in an accident near Soldotna, Alaska, United States. 2 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

13 August 2021 at 23:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Soldotna, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Soldotna Airport (SXQ)

Coordinates

60.4751, -151.0396

Aircraft

Cessna 180H

Registration

N3467Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1968

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchor Point → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC21LA074

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot receiving instruction, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing touchdown and a left main landing gear collapse.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that he and the pilot receiving instruction were practicing landings in the tailwheel-equipped airplane. Upon touchdown on the dry, paved runway, the airplane veered to the left and departed the runway. The airplane impacted a taxiway light, a taxiway sign, and a runway light system, causing the airplane’s left landing gear to collapse. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing, fuselage, and empennage. A witness reported that the right wingtip dragged on the ground as the airplane veered to the left. A postaccident examination of the runway surface revealed ground scars and impact signatures on the runway surface that were consistent with simultaneous contact of the right-wing tip and right main landing gear tire on initial touchdown. Examination of the airplane found no preaccident mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operations. Given the physical evidence found on the runway surface and the damage sustained to the airplane’s right wingtip, which indicate an unstable landing that was not corrected by the instructor before touchdown, it is likely that the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision resulted in the pilot receiving instruction’s loss of control while landing on the paved runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.