- Date
- October 8, 1983, 17:00 local (Oct 9, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4702BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831008053629A
- Case key
- 4248
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The acft collided with a row of small trees during the approach to a private airstrip 26 miles south of Anchorage, AK. The pilot stated he should have made a much higher approach to the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4702B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31600
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Maurice E. Felke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Private, runway 36, 1,800 × 40 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 28 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.