- Date
- June 25, 1986, 16:23 local (Jun 26, 1986, 00:23 UTC)
- Place
- Barrow, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68396Cessna 305/L-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860625073839A
- Case key
- 4684
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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 non-certificated flight instructor failed to respond in time to improper control input by the student. The airplane ground looped and went on its nose sustaining substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68396
- Reported as
- Cessna 305/L-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23522
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11B, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alaska Wing, doing business as Civil Air Patrol
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1985 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Destination
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Airport
- BRW · Wiley Post/Will Rogers, runway 6, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,545 total · 15 in this make and model · 1,472 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRW, 2 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.
Other investigations on N68396 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.