- Date
- February 16, 1985, 13:26 local (17:26 UTC)
- Place
- Elmendorf Afb, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4745PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850216003349A
- Case key
- 4398
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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
Upon touchdown the acft bounced on the main gear. Control of the acft was lost and it touched back down on a heading aprx 30 degrees right of the rwy heading. The acft then contacted a snow bank alongside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4745P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284808
- Airframe hours
- 1,915
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmendorf Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Ardis Thayer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- EDF · Elmendorf, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EDF · Elmendorf, runway 5, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 47 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 115 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EDF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.