# Accident 19860605024709A: Cessna 172M, Anchorage, AK, June 5, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1986, 08:26 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2194° N, 149.8501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2194&lon=-149.8501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9747, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9747-2002-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860605024709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF,DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SIGN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC86LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA065), Jun 5, 1986: Cessna 172 (N9747), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9747 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941113038269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941113038269I), Nov 13, 1994: Cessna 172M (N9747), Big Lake, AK. During taxi on frozen lake. One main and nose gear broke through ice. Prop strike. Aircraft sank to its wings on ice
- [Accident 19741113037289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741113037289A), Nov 13, 1974: Cessna 172M (N9747), Greenville, MS, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 36K.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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