- Date
- August 24, 1983, 18:00 local (Aug 25, 1983, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734QVCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830824052379A
- Case key
- 4158
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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 arrival, the plt landed on a gravel strip with a left x-wind at 10 gusting 20 KTS. Reportedly, he encountered a gust of wind during the landing & lost control when the left wheel went into soft gravel on the bank of the strip. Subsequently, the acft went over on its top.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734QV
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269089
- Airframe hours
- 1,299
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orson Ray Stilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talachulitna, AK
- Airport
- Lake Creek, runway 36, 1,200 × 40 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 148 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °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.