# NTSB ANC83LA140: Cessna 336, N24T, Kenai, AK, August 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1983, 05:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Coordinates: 60.660831, -150.899337 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6608&lon=-150.8993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA140

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Roll over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WINDS WERE GUSTY DURING LANDING. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH SOME TREES AND PULLED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT INTO THE TREES. THE ACFT TURNED ON ITS BACK JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24T-1992-06-12), registration cancelled 1992-06-12, S/N 3360172 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Registry model: [Cessna 336](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (registry code 2075602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-A 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: 1
- Registered owner: James A. Kizer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1983, 50 hours before
- Departed: 5KS, KASILOF, AK
- Airport: ENA, Kenai

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 1,110 total, 60 in this make and model, 1,100 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ENA, 19 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 19830805039169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830805039169A), Aug 5, 1983: Cessna 336, Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Wing caught alder bushes on short final while landing on a remote strip. Aircraft flipped over in bushes.

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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