# NTSB ANC87FA110: Cessna 182P, N1946M, Anchorage, AK, July 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1987, 17:00 local (Jul 27, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.19057, -149.940322 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1906&lon=-149.9403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4781
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87FA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4781/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA110

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - information insufficient, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THERE WAS HVY TRAFFIC WHEN THE PLT OF N1946M CONTACTED ANCHORAGE (ANC) INTL TWR FOR LNDG INSTRNS AT THE LAKE HOOD STRIP.ANC TWR CTLD TRAFFIC AT THE NRBY LAKE HOOD STRIP & LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE, AS WELL AS AT THE ANC INTL ARPT. THE WND AT LAKE HOOD HAD BEEN VARIABLE. JUST BFR THE PLT ASKED FOR LNDG INSTRUCTIONS, THE WND WAS FM 300 DEG AT 8 KTS. THE PLT WAS TOLD TO PLAN FOR A LNDG ON RWY 31. AS ACFT ARRD FOR LNDG, THE CTLR GAVE WND INFO ONLY WHEN THE PLTS REQD IT OR WHEN THE WND SHIFTED. THE PLT OF N1946M DID NOT REQ WND INFO; HOWEVER, AT 1657:55, THE CTLR MADE A TRANSMISSION TO ALL ACFT THAT LAKE HOOD ATIS INFO DELTA WAS CURRENT & THAT THE WND WAS FM 130 DEG AT 9 KTS. APRX 50 SEC LATER, HE CLRD N1946M TO LND ON RWY 31. THE ACFT WAS HI ON FINAL APCH. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT TOUCHED DWN ABOUT HALFWAY DWN THE 2200' GRAVEL STRIP. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY AREA. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE END & NOSED OVR ON SOFT, WET TERRAIN. THE PLT RPRTD HE WAS NOT AWARE THERE WAS A TAIL WND UNTIL AFTER THE MISHAP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1946M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1946M-2014-08-28), registration cancelled 2014-08-28, S/N 18264497, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264497
- Airframe hours: 1664
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Henry P. Head
- Registered owner: Ronald Edward Greisen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 1987, 19 hours before
- Departed: 5HO, HOPE, AK
- Airport: Z41, Lake Hood, runway 31, 2,200 × 80 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 426 total, 68 in this make and model, 337 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 9 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ANC, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870726037849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726037849A), Jul 26, 1987: Cessna 182P, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. In heavy traffic and variable winds accepted a downwind runway. Overshot and nosed over off end of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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