- Date
- November 21, 1982, 12:37 local (16:37 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7964VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821121062499A
- Case key
- 69775
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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
Prior to landing, the pilot was advised that the lakes were closed by the airport management and that he would be landing at his own risk. He acknowledged the radio transmission, but elected to land his ski equipped plane on the frozen lake. The lake had been closed due to rough, rutted ice conditions which had been considered unsuitable for ski or wheel operations. The landing was normal until about 300 to 400 ft past the touchdown point where the left ski/gear encountered a diagonal rut and failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7964V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051864
- Airframe hours
- 5,896
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Wilfred Stewart
- Registered owner
- George Wilfred Stewart
- Departed
- A · Butterfly Lake, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Anchorage
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 543 total · 430 in this make and model · 513 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 7 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.
Other investigations on N7964V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.