- Date
- August 26, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731BTCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840826070349A
- Case key
- 4344
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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 landed short of the rwy at a mining strip. The plt said he encountered a downdraft and in spite of the additionof full power the acft descended to the ground. The acft was loaded with 150 gallons of diesel fuel in the hopper and the plt attempted to jettison the load. This acft has been used primarily to haul fuel to the mining strips in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731BT
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802774T
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Holland Aviation
- Registered owner
- Holland Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 28, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 95Z · Bradley Sky Rnc, AK
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,530 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,405 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.