# Accident 20010422040059A: Cessna 150G, Summit, AK, April 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Summit, AK
- Airport: Summit
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3314° N, 149.1272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3314&lon=-149.1272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8401J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8401J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 464 total, 60 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010422040059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM ANCHORAGE TO FAIRBANKS THE PILOT CHOSE TO LAND AT THE SUMMIT AIRPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS. HE THOUGHT THE RUNWAY SURFACE APPEARED FIRM. HE LANDED IN ONE FOOT OF SOFT SNOW. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IMMEDIATELY.

## 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 ANC01LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA051), Apr 22, 2001: Cessna 150 (N8401J), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and subsequent nose over during the landing flare. Factors in the accident were soft, snow-covered terrain on the runway.

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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