- Date
- July 9, 2005, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Akiachak, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73788Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 20050709015279A
- Case key
- 61976
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, which resulted in the airplane running off the end of the runway and nosing over. A factor associated with the accident was the rough/uneven terrain off the end of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The commercial pilot of the 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi passenger flight said he carried extra airspeed while landing to compensate for gusty wind conditions. He said he landed long, and when he realized he could not stop on the remaining runway, he aborted the landing. The airplane did not become airborne, ran off the end of the runway onto rough terrain, and nosed over. The airplane received structural damage to the left wing.
Factual narrative
On July 9, 2005, about 1330 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 172 airplane, N73788, sustained substantial damage when it encountered terrain during an aborted landing at the Akiachak Airport, Akiachak, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) on-demand air taxi flight by Inland Aviation, Aniak, Alaska, under Title 14, CFR Part 135 when the accident occurred. The commercial certificated pilot and the three passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight departed Bethel, Alaska, about 1300.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) dated July 12, the pilot reported that he carried extra speed on landing to compensate for gusty wind conditions. He wrote that after touching down he realized he could not stop on the remaining runway, and aborted the landing. The airplane did not become airborne, ran off the end of the runway onto rough terrain, and nosed over. The pilot reported that the airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73788
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Inland Aviation, doing business as Inland Aviation
- Registered owner
- Inland Holdings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KBET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- Z13 · Akiachak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- runway 29
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,680 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.