- Date
- August 5, 1985, 18:30 local (Aug 6, 1985, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chickaloon Flat, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N61684Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850805038549A
- Case key
- 4539
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt made an off-arpt landing on an area of clay silt with sparse grass. After slowing the acft to about 20 to 25 mph, the nosewheel went into a shallow gully of soft clay. The acft then stopped abruptly & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61684
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264728
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Haggerty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1985 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,190 total · 232 in this make and model · 1,130 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N61684 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.