- Date
- February 9, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Merrill Pass, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3813DCessna 182-A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860209002519A
- Case key
- 4638
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot stated that he could see the whiteout condition ahead. During the 180 deg turn the aircraft struck the 3000 foot level of the mountian Pass. At the time of the accident the weather was a complete IFR whiteout condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3813D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34513
- Airframe hours
- 3,510
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Harbaugh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- FLT · Flat, AK
- Destination
- 216 · Wasilla, 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 350 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.