# Accident 20121007023369A: Cessna 172D, Candle, AK, October 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Candle, AK
- Airport: Candle, Ak
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.9081° N, 161.9242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.9081&lon=-161.9242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8808, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8808-2018-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 668 total, 668 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121007023369A

## Narrative

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

10/7/12 PIC FAIRBANKS AND ONE PAX DEPARTED OTZ LANDED AT CANDLE 2 (AK75) TOOK OFF FROM AK75, LANDING AT AN OLD MINING CAMP APPROX 8 MILES SOUTH OF CANDLE, AK (AK49). PIC AND PAX UPON TAKEOFF FROM AK49 GRAVEL AIRSTRIP, HILLSIDE TO THE RIGHT, EXPERIENCED A QUARTERING HEADWIND FROM THE RIGHT. AS AIRCRAFT ROTATED DURING TAKEOFF, PIC CLAIMS WINDSHEAR, FELT LOSS OF LIFT, TAIL STRUCK FIRST, MLG STRUCK DOWN HARD AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND, AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR BUT LEFT WHEEL HIT SOFT SPOT PULLING AIRPLANE LEFT DOWN STEEP SLOPE/DROP OFF TO A CREEK BED WHERE AIRPLANE HIT SOME WILLOWS BEFORE HITTING NOSE FIRST IN A DIRT HILL. PIC AND PAX EXITED AIRPLANE, NOTICED FIRE UNDER ENGINE, UNABLE TO USE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DAMAGED DUE TO CRASH, GRABBED SOME GEAR, WITHIN TWO MINUTES ENTIRE PLANE BURNED. AIRPLANE HAD APPROX. 200 LBS OF MOOSE MEAT, OTHER CARGO, FULL FUEL.

## 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 ANC13CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA003), Oct 8, 2012: Cessna 172D (N8808), Buckland, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff from an off-airport site, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N8808 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910911044829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910911044829I), Sep 11, 1991: Cessna 172D (N8808), Nixon, NV. Engine quit due to fuel starvation. Forced landing.

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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