Cessna 180 N9389C

Summary

On 25 May 2006 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N9389C, operated by Nancy Eoff, was involved in an accident near Anchorage, 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

25 May 2006 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Merrill Field (PAMR)

Coordinates

61.2136, -149.8445

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N9389C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Nancy Eoff

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Soldotna → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA062

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a loss of control, the right wing striking the runway, and subsequent nose down when the airplane departed the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing at the conclusion of a CFR Part 91 cross-country flight. The pilot reported that she flared too high and bounced the landing. During the recovery attempt, she said the right wing struck the runway, the airplane departed the runway surface, and then nosed down. The pilot indicated that the wind conditions were calm. The airplane received damage to the right wing and propeller.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.