- Date
- August 19, 1986, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hinchinbrook Is, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52137Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860819040919A
- Case key
- 4607
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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
At 1323 adt, the plt rprtd near Hinchinbrook island & requested clearance for an ndb-a apch to the cordova mile 13 arpt. About 3 min later, cordova fss provided clearance for the apch 'from over Hinchinbrook.' Radar data showed that the acft flew to the johnstone point (joh) VOR, then began tracking on a sse heading toward the subsequent accident site. The acft impacted near the top of a mtn at an elev of about 2000 ft, aprx 10 mi sse of the joh VOR. For the joh transition (to the ndb-a apch), the plt should have tracked outbound from the VOR for 15.5 mi on a heading of 083 deg, with a min alt of 4000 ft, to the Hinchinbrook initial apch fix (iap).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52137
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1176
- Airframe hours
- 1,002
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glynn H. Lockwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1986 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- CDV · Cordova, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CDV · Cordova
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,532 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,526 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDV, 30 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.