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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Skwentna, AK · June 16, 2012

Date
June 16, 2012 · 21:12 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Airport
8 Mile
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5874A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC12CA054
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
513 total436 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This was a pleasure part 91 flight. There was one passenger. The pilot was flying to a Cessna 170 club event at eight mile gravel strip, located 8 miles south of Skwentna, Alaska. This is an off-airport strip. The pilot reported touching down on runway and then aborted due to a large dog entering the airstrip. The pilot made a second approach, he noticed an all terrain vehicle (atv) riding along the reflective cones marking the right side of the runway. The atv driver's back was toward the aircraft. The pilot reported touching down and was on roll-0UT when the atv drove into the runway. The aircraft bounced and veered to the left to avoid the atv. The aircraft rolled into the woods and struck some alder trees and came to a stop. There were no injuries. Follow up 44709 transfered to anc FSDO

As the FAA filed it

THIS WAS A PLEASURE PART 91 FLIGHT. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT WAS FLYING TO A CESSNA 170 CLUB EVENT AT EIGHT MILE GRAVEL STRIP, LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF SKWENTNA, ALASKA. THIS IS AN OFF-AIRPORT STRIP. THE PILOT REPORTED TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY AND THEN ABORTED DUE TO A LARGE DOG ENTERING THE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT MADE A SECOND APPROACH, HE NOTICED AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV) RIDING ALONG THE REFLECTIVE CONES MARKING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE ATV DRIVER'S BACK WAS TOWARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED TOUCHING DOWN AND WAS ON ROLL-0UT WHEN THE ATV DROVE INTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND VEERED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE ATV. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE WOODS AND STRUCK SOME ALDER TREES AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FOLLOW UP 44709 TRANSFERED TO ANC FSDO

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.