# Accident 20090207025019A: Cessna 172N, Atmautluak, AK, February 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Atmautluak, AK
- Airport: Atmautluak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNYC
- Location: 60.8669° N, 162.2731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8669&lon=-162.2731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5246D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5246D-2018-01-17) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,704 total, 1,469 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090207025019A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN "OFF-FIELD" CRASH LANDING DUE TO A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND DURING THE APPROACH PHASE OF THE LANDING. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS ABOUT 300 YDS. SOUTHWEST OF THE ATMAUTLUAK AIRPORT. PILOT STATED THE FUEL LOAD WAS 20 GALS. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON THE "DOWN WIND" APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15 WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS A LITTLE HIGH, THE WIND SOCK INDICATED A HIGH WIND FROM THE BACK AND THE WIND SOCK INDICATED "NO WIND" UPON HE ARRIVAL IN THE AREA. HE APPLIED FULL POWER FOR A LEFT BANK AND CLIMB, TO DO A "GO-AROUND". WHILE IN A "DOWN WIND" APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33, HE NOTICED THE AIRSPEED WAS NOT RESPONDING, HE WAS LOSING AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. AT THAT MOMENT THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTION AND INCREASED. THE PILOT STATED THE FLAPS WERE AT THE "FULL" FOR "FINAL" LANDING AND HE STARTED TO "BUMP" THE FLAP HANDLE TO INCREASE AIRSPEED. THE FLAPS WERE NEVER UP ALL THE WAY. DURING HIS TURN ON TO THE "BASE" LEG THE WIND WAS BLOWING TOO HARD TO GET ANY AIRSPEED, THE THROTTLE WAS AT "FULL" POWER. THE CONTROL YOKE WAS PULLED BACK ALMOST ALL THE WAY, THE PILOT TRIED TO "FLOAT" DOWN, THE "STALL HORN" WENT OFF. THE RESULTING "POWER ON" STALL RESULTED IN THE TAIL HITTING FIRST, THEN THE RIGHT WING TIP, THEN THE LEFT WING.

## 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 ANC09LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA018), Feb 7, 2009: Cessna 172N (N5246D), Atmautluak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while landing in gusty winds, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall; his improper aircraft weight calculations; and his operation of the airplane…

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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