- Date
- August 17, 1985, 21:40 local (Aug 18, 1985, 05:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1868GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850817039139A
- Case key
- 4546
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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.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Analysis
During landing the plt applied hard braking to avoid an airplane and rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1868G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 109
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman M. Dingman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 6K8 · Tok, AK
- Destination
- MTF · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- MTF · Metro Field, runway 24, 4,400 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI, 2 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 N1868G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.