# NTSB ANC83LA006: Cessna 172, N6871X, Near Homer, AK, October 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Near Homer, AK
- Coordinates: 59.400321, -151.320495 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4003&lon=-151.3205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71871/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA006

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6871X-1993-10-21), registration cancelled 1993-10-21, S/N 17247771 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17247771
- Airframe hours: 2520
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821023056369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023056369A), Oct 23, 1982: Cessna 172B, Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting touch and go landing on sandbar when aircraft hit log and flipped inverted in river.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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