- Date
- June 30, 1984, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Knik Glacier, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6167QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840630028399A
- Case key
- 4317
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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 acft was climbing as the plt 'flew up' a Glacier. He stated that before the accident, he had made a check of the instruments & outside references & had determined that his rate of climb was adequate to easily clear the ridge. He stated, 'the next thing I knew, the plane hit the surface of the Glacier in a level attitude' & nosed over. The impact occurred at about 8000 ft MSL. The elevation at the head of the Glacier was about 9000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6167Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285179
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Richardson Flying Club
- Registered owner
- John Spaulding
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- FRN · Ft Richardson, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,670 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,467 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 7 °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.