- Date
- June 26, 1982, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3483DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820626025779A
- Case key
- 71840
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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
While on a fishing trip, the pilot landed on an abandoned oil exploration roadway. The pilot reported that he did not realize how narrow the roadway was until after he had landed and slowed the aircraft. He reported that he was not aware that the edges of the road were soft due to erosion. The pilot stated that he taxied a little too FAR to the left, sank a wheel in the soft embankment, and rolled the plane over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3483D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27026
- Airframe hours
- 2,100
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Rouille Gaines
- Registered owner
- Dale Cutler
- Departed
- Birchwood, AK
- Destination
- 10 Nne Tyonek, AK
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3483D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.