# NTSB ANC84LA145: Cessna 188, N731BT, Fairbanks, AK, August 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.810623, -147.720306 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8106&lon=-147.7203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA145

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - load jettison - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731BT-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 18802774T, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802774T
- Airframe hours: 3200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840826070349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840826070349A), Aug 26, 1984: Cessna A188B, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Blamed a downdraft for landing short of the runway. Was unable to dump oil cargo from the hopper prior to impact.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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