# Accident 20040425009599A: Cessna 182A, Skwentna, AK, April 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5000° N, 151.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5000&lon=-151.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4861D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4861D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 145 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040425009599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OWNS A CABIN AT SHELL LAKE AND USES THE PRIVATE AIR STRIP (SHELL LAKE STRIP). UNKNOWN TO THE PILOT THE AIRSTRIP HAD BEEN COATED WITH CINDERS TO AID THE SNOW MELT. HE OVERFLEW THE AIRSTRIP AND OBSERVED THE CINDER COATING AND ASSUMED HE WAS LOOKING AT THE GRAVEL RUNWAY. HE MADE AN APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED IT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF SNOW AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BANK.

## 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 ANC04LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA048), Apr 26, 2004: Cessna 182A (N4861D), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site, which resulted in a nose over during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N4861D (1)

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

- [Accident 20150704013379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150704013379A), Jul 4, 2015: Cessna 182A (N4861D), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost power and made emergency landing on the seward hiway mile post 116.5

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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