- Date
- January 3, 1979
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5891RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790103000219A
- Case key
- 137044
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0951 79/1/3 ANCHORAGE,AK CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1455 N5891R PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASILLA,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5891R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.