# Accident 20110304003399A: Cessna 172R, Talkeetna, AK, March 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2011, 16:15 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447AF-2013-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 150 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110304003399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS LANDING AT WILLOW, AK WHEN IN FACT THE WAS APPROACHING A PRIVATE AIRPORT 17 MILES SOUTH OF TALKEETNA, AK. DURING LANDING PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS NOT PLOWED AND AT TOUCHDOWN, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE FOR FORTY FIVE FEET BEFORE FLIPPING ON ITS BACK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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