- Date
- March 3, 1982, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poorman, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8177ACessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 72282
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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
After making a low pass over the runway and noting that it was plowed with berms on both sides and that there were bare patches on the runway the pilot elected to land. Shortly after touchdown the left ski encountered a bare spot on the frozen snow and ice covered runway. The aircraft veered to the left and impacted a frozen snowberm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8177A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25709
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Morales
- Registered owner
- Michael Morales
- Departed
- Mcgrath, AK
- Destination
- 4M7 · Russellville, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Timber Creek
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 650 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F
Other investigations on N8177A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.