- Date
- March 26, 1983, 10:11 local (14:11 UTC)
- Place
- Healy, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65104Cessna T-41B (R-172E)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830326009789A
- Case key
- 4018
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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
The plt reported that while cruising at 4000 ft MSL, the eng power began to fluctuate, then this was followed by a banging noise, rough eng operation & a decline in power output. He had turned to land into the wind when the eng power increased & stabilized. Therefore he turned downwind to attempt to reach a highway. However, a short time later, the eng stopped completely & he was committed to land downwind & downhill. During the landing, the acft nosed over. An eng teardown revealed that the #4 exhaust pushrod, pn 630393, had failed. Reportedly, the wind was gusting to 35 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65104
- Reported as
- Cessna T-41B (R-172E) (T-41B (R-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67-15063
- Airframe hours
- 5,492
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Wainwright Flying Club
- Registered owner
- United States Army
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1982 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- FBK · Fort Wainwright, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,451 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,573 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 30 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.