- Date
- September 9, 1986, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Willow, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9342ACessna 195A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860909070719A
- Case key
- 4748
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while demonstrating high speed taxi, the airplane veered to the left, entered an open trench, and was damaged. An exam of the flight control and brake systems revealed no pre-accident mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9342A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7521
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-9, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon J. Krist
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z22 · Willow, runway 13, 4,600 × 105 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 12,050 total · 90 in this make and model · 12,050 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °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.