- Date
- January 17, 1982, 10:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63516Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820117001039A
- Case key
- 69764
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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Analysis
During takeoff, the aircraft entered a fog bank near the end of the runway while the student was at the controls. The student released the yoke and thought the instructor had assumed control. The instructor reported that he was not paying close attention and did not take control until the stall warning horn sounded. Initially the instructor felt spatially disoriented. As the nose started down during recovery, the instructor obtained visual references which helped. While recovering, the plane struck the gables on the end of a motel and came to rest on the roof of an adjoining structure.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63516
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77364
- Airframe hours
- 5,916
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Tech Flight Service, Wc
- Registered owner
- Aero Tech Flight Service, Wc
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 6, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,370 total · 1,063 in this make and model · 1,260 as pilot in command · 183 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.