- Date
- June 8, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bettles, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3136UCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830608027749A
- Case key
- 4132
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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 acft went off the departure end of the runway during a night landing and nosed over. The pilot stated that he pulledoff power for the flare and the acft seemed to gain airspeed. He decided to go-around, added full power, but saw the end of the runway and trees coming up so he decided not to go-around. The acft crossed a wash at runways end and it nosed over to an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3136U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254536
- Airframe hours
- 3,259
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- John Pletting
- Registered owner
- Joe Floz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- BTT · Bettles, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Flat Creek Mine, runway 20, 1,200 × 20 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,016 total · 261 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.