- Date
- October 23, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Near Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6871XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821023056369A
- Case key
- 71871
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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 pilot decided to land on a gravel bar. He made a touch-and-go, then returned for a full stop landing. During the landing, he decided there was insufficient room to stop. He applied full power to initiate a go-around and saw a log in the takeoff path. The aircraft lifted off the gravel bar and the pilot pulled the yoke aft to clear the log. The landing gear cleared, but the tail struck the log. The nose pitched down and the nosewheel struck the ground hard. Subsequently, the aircraft bounced about four times, then encountered about two feet of water in the river and turned over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6871X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247771
- Airframe hours
- 2,520
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Floyd Seekins
- Registered owner
- Floyd Seekins
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Airport
- Gravel Bar
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 278 total · 278 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOM, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.