# Incident 20160218004829I: Cessna 172C, Talkeetna, AK, February 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Village Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3189° N, 150.1161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA VILLAGE STRIP (AK44), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3189&lon=-150.1161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1530Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1530Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,208 total, 142 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160218004829I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DECIDED TO LAND AT AK44. FLIGHT SERVICE ADVISED THE AIRMAN THAT AK44 IS PRIVATE USE AND THE ONLY INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS THAT A SKI EQUIPPED SUPER CUB HAD USED THE AIRSTRIP DURING THE PAST WEEK. AIRMAN MADE A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY 16. HE STATED THAT IT LOOKED TO BE "HARD PACKED SNOW WITH MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ON TOP". DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR DROPPED THROUGH THE SNOWS CRUST AND COLLAPSED.

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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