- Date
- November 10, 1982, 18:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Yukon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36829Beech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821110059719A
- Case key
- 70729
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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
During a night approach to runway 03 at Fort Yukon, AK, the pilot neglected to activate the runway lights, as prescribed on the jeppeson approach chart, and mistook a row of white lights on buildings as the runway lights. Upon landing on a parking ramp the aircraft came to a stop after running off the ramp into deep snow and brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36829
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E172
- Airframe hours
- 389
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Davis Constructors & Engrs.
- Registered owner
- Davis Constructors & Engrs.
- Departed
- C · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- C · Firt Yukon, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FYU · Fort Yukon, runway 3, 5,019 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 320 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.