- Date
- March 22, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4672CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840322007199A
- Case key
- 4276
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to land on a snow covered strip that had a frozen snow crust & was rutted. He stated that during the touchdown, the acft bounced, then he elected to go around. However, the acft touched down again & broke thru the frozen crust, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4672C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25616
- Airframe hours
- 3,883
- Engine
- Franklin O-300-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Parker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1983 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- Z-15 · Birchwood, AK
- Airport
- Trail Ridge, runway 5, 5,000 × 30 ft, snow
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 224 in this make and model · 169 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 5 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4672C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.