# NTSB ANC25LA034: Cessna 182B, N916GG, Girdwood, AK, April 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: April 12, 2025, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Girdwood, AK · Runway
- Coordinates: 60.96826, -149.12066
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9683&lon=-149.1207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Roll over](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- 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): 200007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200007/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA034

## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to land on an unsuitable landing surface, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Findings

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

- [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause)

## Analysis

Before landing, the pilot reported that he had completed a low reconnaissance pass over the snow-covered runway. While conducting the low pass he noticed tire tracks in the snow and determined the snow was about 6 inches in depth. On final approach, he set the flaps to 30 degrees and performed a soft field landing. The main landing gear touched down into the snow with no issues. He applied additional engine power to cushion the nosewheel touchdown. As the nosewheel touched down, it dug into the snow and the nosewheel “slammed” into the ground. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, vertical stabilizer and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Roll over](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N916GG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916GG), registered now, S/N 52236, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52236
- Year built: 1959
- Airframe hours: 5010
- Engines: Continental O-470R 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 9, 2024, 55 hours before
- Departed: PAAQ, Palmer, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: AQY, Girdwood, runway 02, 2,095 × 60 ft, snow
- Equipment: ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 10, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 110 total, 90 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Turbulence: Moderate
- Observed at: PANC, 29 nm away
- METAR: PANC 121953Z 00000KT 10SM BKN065 OVC200 02/M07 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP118 T00171067 $

## 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 20250412005109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250412005109A), Apr 12, 2025: Cessna 182B, Girdwood, AK, Substantial damage. On April 12, 2025 the PIC of a 1959 Cessna 182, on his first flight after his private pilot checkride with a passenger received a full weather briefing from…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200007. 4.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18647779&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA034%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 862 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18635990&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA034%20photos-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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