# NTSB ANC86LA065: Cessna 172, N9747, Anchorage, AK, June 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1986, 08:26 local (16:26 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.219425, -149.850112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2194&lon=-149.8501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA065

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE LANDING ROLL, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING AN AIRPORT SIGN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9747](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9747-2002-10-30), registration cancelled 2002-10-30, S/N 17262179, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262179
- Airframe hours: 2734
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Walker Preflight
- Registered owner: W. J. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 16, 1986, 98 hours before
- Departed: ANC, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MRI, Merrill

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860605024709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860605024709A), Jun 5, 1986: Cessna 172M, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. During touch and go takeoff,directional control was lost. Aircraft departed the side of the runway striking a sign.

## Other investigations on N9747 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA75KKQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75KKQ23), Nov 13, 1974: Cessna 172 (N9747), Greenville, MS, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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