- Date
- April 22, 1985, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Willow, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5206ECessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850422015879A
- Case key
- 4483
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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 plt stated that the acft encountered a downdraft while he was on final apch for a touch-&-go landing. Subsequently, the acft touched down in wet snow about 30 yards short of the rwy & nosed over. The plt estimated the wind was from 010 deg at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5206E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50506
- Airframe hours
- 2,902
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nile P. Ersland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z22 · Willow, runway 31, 4,600 × 105 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 120 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.