- Date
- June 30, 1986, 18:30 local (Jul 1, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alexander Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2806CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860630031599A
- Case key
- 4690
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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
While landing on a river bar, the acft drifted to the left of the normal touchdown zone. Subsequently, the wheels entered soft sand and the airplane turned over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2806C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26349
- Airframe hours
- 6,262
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Frederic Koester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- LHD · 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 594 total · 178 in this make and model · 556 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 90 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.
Other investigations on N2806C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.