- Date
- April 21, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5947TCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850421015909A
- Case key
- 4480
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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 primary cause of this accident was the airplane striking the soft spot on the runway. Underlying factors were the pilot in command's inability to distinguish the soft runway surface from surrounding runway surfaces, and the unusually warm temperatures for that time of the year.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5947T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060647
- Airframe hours
- 2,950
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Flying W School
- Registered owner
- Walt Warner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Z16 · Wasilla, AK
- Destination
- Z16 · Wasilla, AK
- Airport
- Z16 · Wasilla, runway 23, 2,100 × 90 ft, gravel
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 780 in this make and model · 625 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N5947T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.