# NTSB ANC22LA076: Cessna 182A, N5896B, Big Lake, AK, May 28, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 27, 2022, 22:29 local (May 28, 2022, 06:29 UTC)
- Place: Big Lake, AK · PVT airstrip
- Coordinates: 61.534571, -149.97824
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5346&lon=-149.9782&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC22LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105946/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105946
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA076

## Probable cause

A hard landing for an unknown reason, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

Local law enforcement received a report of an airplane crash at a private airstrip, and upon arrival, discovered a substantially damaged airplane that had already been moved off the airstrip. A bystander identified the accident pilot, by name, to the officer, as the pilot was trying to stop a fuel leak from the left wing. When the officer approached, the pilot became hostile, and reported he only had a hard landing, and it was not an accident. The accident pilot subsequently left the scene. Photographs provided by the on-scene law enforcement officer depict substantial damage to the accident airplane’s fuselage, left wing, and left aileron. The pilot has not replied to multiple requests for additional information, and he did not complete and return the National Transportation Safety Board form 6120.1, Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5896B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33896
- Year built: 1956
- Engines: Continental O-470 230 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Airport: PVT, Call of the wild, runway 090, 1,000 × 60 ft, gravel
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: unknown; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: front

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.81 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: PAWS, 14 nm away
- METAR: METAR PAWS 280656Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 17/M03 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP098 T01721033

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220527021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220527021239A), May 27, 2022: Cessna 182A, Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. This information was reteived from the Alaska state trooper report incident number: AK22052812: On 5/27/22, at 2229 hours, the Alaska state troopers received a…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105946. 3.7 MB in all.

- Witness statements (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 81 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14931359&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=AK22052812%20General%20Report-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 3.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14930338&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ANC22LA076_Redacted-Rel.pdf

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.

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