- Date
- June 29, 1986, 17:58 local (Jun 30, 1986, 01:58 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9001MCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860629028469A
- Case key
- 4689
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
Other airport/runway maintenance - not maintainedFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - not selectedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The airplane approached the short and high elevation airstrip too high and fast. It bounced on the rough surface and ran off the end before nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9001M
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052101
- Airframe hours
- 3,691
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R4, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip Wendell Bach
- Registered owner
- Joe B. Axford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 2, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Destination
- Z37 · Eureka, AK
- Airport
- Z37 · Eureka, runway 21, 2,400 × 25 ft, gravel
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,382 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.