- Date
- January 31, 1987, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7990VCessna C-180-H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870131001969A
- Case key
- 4767
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Analysis
The pilot attempted a glacier landing in daylight conditions and was unable to maintain surface reference. He flew onto the ice and lost control in varying surface winds.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7990V
- Reported as
- Cessna C-180-H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051890
- Airframe hours
- 3,240
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith Alan Echelmeyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1986
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 752 total · 109 in this make and model · 664 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °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 N7990V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.