- Date
- June 18, 1986, 06:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Theodore River, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73419Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860618029559A
- Case key
- 4681
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Judgment - poorFactor
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - sand bar
Analysis
The pilot stated that upon attempting a soft field takeoff the aircraft drifted to the left. The left main landing gear struck a sand berm which caused the aircraft to exit the road into an open ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73419
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267443
- Airframe hours
- 4,928
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Tech Flight Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1986 · 75 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,863 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,653 as pilot in command · 330 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °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.