# Incident 20081212857479I: Cessna CE-172, Northway, AK, December 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2008, 13:50 local time
- Place: Northway, AK
- Airport: Northway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9612° N, 141.9281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWAY (ORT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9612&lon=-141.9281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8533B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8533B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA CE-172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081212857479I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON CLOSED RUNWAY @ NORTHWAY, AK.  AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN SNOW.  NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF FAR PART 91.13(A).AIRMAN LANDED CE-172 ON CLOSED RUNWAY AT NORTHWAY, AK.  BECAME STUCK IN SNOW.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.12/31/2009 RECEIVED FSS TAPES WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ALASKA FLIGHT SERVICES INFORMATION GROUP.  NOTAM WAS INCLUDED ALONG WITH FLIGHT PLAN AND WEATHER.02/05/2009 RECEIVED STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGARDING INCIDENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT THAT THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION SHOULD HAVE DISCLOSED TO HIM THAT THERE WAS A NOTAM FOR RUNWAY CLOSURE AT NORTHWAY.02/10/2009 LKG SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR THE FIRST TIME REGARDING THE INCIDENT.  LKG REVEIWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT REGARDING INCORRECT STATEMENTS THAT HE HAD MADE AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT NOTAMS ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISCLOSED TO PILOTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DILEMA AROSE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE DID GET A PILOT BRIEFING, HE LISTED HIS DESTINATION AS TOK, AK AND HIS ALTERNATE AS PALMER, AK.  NORTHWAY WAS NOT IN HIS FLIGHT PLAN NOR DID HE REQUEST NOTAMS FOR HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT WHICH, EVENTUALLY, WOULD HAVE INCLUDED NORTHWAY.  WHEN ON THE GROUND IN GULKANA HE MADE A TELEPHONE CALL TO KENAI FSS AND GAVE THEM A DESTINATION CHANGE.  HE DID NOT REQUEST NOR DID HE RECEIVE A PILOT BRIEFING, WEATHER OR NOTAMS.  HE SIMPLY CHANGED HIS DESTINATION FROM TOK, AK TO NORTHWAY, AK AND REQUESTED THE RADIO FREQUENCY FOR FAI FSS (122.2) AT NORTHWAY, AK.  KENAI FSS DID NOT GIVE HIM THE NOTAM FOR RUNWAY CLOSURE AT NORTHWAY, AK.THE SKI STRIP (05/23) WAS IN USE AT NORTHWAY FOR ALL TRAFFIC AS RUNWAY 05/23 WAS CLOSED HENCE FAI FSS WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTENDING TO LAND ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY.  FAI FSS DID NOT GIVE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE NOTAM FOR RUNWAY CLOSURE AT NORTHWAY, AK.

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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