# Accident 20000622042459A: Cessna 172N, Tuntutuliak, AK, June 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2000, 18:45 local time
- Place: Tuntutuliak, AK
- Airport: Tuntutuliak Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYQA
- Location: 60.4105° N, 162.6491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4105&lon=-162.6491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4762D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4762D-2016-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,625 total, 405 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622042459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 22, 2000, ABOUT 1845 ADT, A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, N4762D, WAS DEMOLISHED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE TUNTUTULIAK AIRPORT IN TUNTUTULIAK, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) COMMERCIAL FLIGHT FROM TUNTUTULIAK TO BETHEL WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIALLY CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE SOLE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTH PREVAILED, GUSTING 15 TO 30 MPH. DURING INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES ON THE AIRPORT, THEY STATED THAT THE PILOT OF THE 172 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF THE STRIP ON RUNWAY 20 AND JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND NOSE DOWN AT A STEEP ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE SOUTH RUNWAY. THE WEATHER AT TUNTUTULIAK WAS REPORTED AS NO CEILING, GOOD VISIBILITY AND WINDS AT 340 DEGREES 15 GUSTING TO 30MPH.

## 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 ANC00FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA076), Jun 23, 2000: Cessna 172N (N4762D), Tuntutuliak, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's disregard of the existing wind conditions, and an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with the accident are a tailwind, and wind gusts.

## Other reports on N4762D (1)

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

- [Accident 19991007028439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991007028439A), Oct 7, 1999: Cessna 172 (N4762D), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 7, 1999, about 0940 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equiped Cessna 172 airplane, N4762D, sustained substantial damage after being struck by a…

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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