# Accident 20120616013169A: Cessna 172, Skwentna, AK, June 16, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2012, 21:12 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: 8 Mile
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8503° N, 151.1003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8503&lon=-151.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5874A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5874A) (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 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 513 total, 436 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120616013169A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC12CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA054), Jun 16, 2012: Cessna 172 (N5874A), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper decision of the driver of the all-terrain vehicle to enter an active runway.

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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