- Date
- December 10, 1984, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77227Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841210065589A
- Case key
- 4391
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On go-around during a simulated forced landing over a dirt landing strip engine began to sputter and run rough. Plt stated power was reduced and engine began to run smooth. Fuel tank was switched and 15 to 20 seconds later, engine quit. Forced landing was made into tree tops. Acft settled almost vertically through trees coming to rest on its nose. Plt stated carburetor heat was used during the simulated emergency descent. No mechanical failure or malfunction could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77227
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11689
- Airframe hours
- 2,018
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randall E. Bauer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1984 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- Z16 · Wasilla, 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 3 in this make and model · 560 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 10 nm away
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 N77227 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.