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Event ANC88LA050

1988-04-24 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, United States Airport · FAI None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N91290

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180H

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACA1C5

Registrant of record

GERAGHTY STEVEN G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT RETURNED TO FAIRBANKS INT'L AIRPORT FROM AN INTENDED CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER. DURING THE FLIGHT THE AIRPLANE FELT OUT OF TRIM, AND SHE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE LONGEST RUNWAY AVAILABLE (10,300). DURING THE LANDING ROLL SHE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND-LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ANC88LA050.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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