# Accident 20010531040029A: Cessna 172B, Wasilla, AK, May 31, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Anderson Lake Strip Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6169° N, 149.3147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6169&lon=-149.3147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8054X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8054X-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 320 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531040029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/31/2001 CESSNA 172, N8054X WAS DESTROYED AFTER A HARD LANDING AT ANDERSON LAKE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE MADE THE FIRST APPROACH TO LANDING AND REALIZED THAT SHE WAS HOT AND HIGH; A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED. A SECOND APPROACH WAS ATTEMPTED, THIS TIME SHE WAS TOO LOW AND STRUCK THE DIRT RAMP LEADING TO THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET RESULTING IN A FIRE. AN ATTEMPT TO CONTAIN THE FIRE WAS MADE TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. NOTE: WX NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA061), May 31, 2001: Cessna 172 (N8054X), Wasilla, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: An undershoot due to the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during a VFR final approach to landing. A factor in the accident was a downdraft.

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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