- Date
- September 16, 1984, 16:00 local (Sep 17, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Middle River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90170Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840916049239A
- Case key
- 4373
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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
Plt stated right brake pressure was lost during landing roll. Acft veered off left side of rwy and contacted trees. Post accident testing revealed no evidence of a right brake failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90170
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9235
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Middle River, AK
- Airport
- Middle River, runway 36, 1,000 × ft, dirt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 300 in this make and model · 538 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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.
Other investigations on N90170 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.