- Date
- September 19, 1985, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shirleyville, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6951ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850919046829A
- Case key
- 4569
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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 acft nosed over following a loss on control while landing on a gravel road. The plt reported that after a 100 ft landing roll, the right wing caught brush along the side of the road. The acft veered right and the right main gear contacted a log resulting in the nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6951A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29051
- Airframe hours
- 2,597
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas F. Hanezich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 24, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- Chilichanta Riv, AK
- Destination
- Shirleyville, 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °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.