- Date
- September 17, 1984, 14:29 local (22:29 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94491Cessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840917049439A
- Case key
- 4231
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 student plt was performing touch-and-go lndg practice. On the second lndg touchdown, the left wing dipped. The plt applied right aileron and the acft continued toward taxi lights. Plt applied left rudder to avoid taxi lights and acft headed toward another (parked) acft. Plt applied more left rudder to avoid parked acft and when he saw he would not pass clear, applied brakes. Brake application failed to stop acft before collision occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94491
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285690
- Airframe hours
- 1,281
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alaska Aviation School
- Registered owner
- Hilary A. Whitehead
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 12, 1984 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 24, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 9 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.