- Date
- September 5, 1987, 17:38 local (Sep 6, 1987, 01:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6921ECessna 175A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870905050249A
- Case key
- 4787
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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 acft contacted a row of trees and crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff. The pilot reported, that a downdraft was encountered after establishing a positive rate of climb on takeoff. Airspeed decreased when the downdraft was encountered and the pilot continued flying the acft just above stall speed. The aircraft cleared an initial group of trees after which it contacted the tops of two pine trees which were aprx 78 ft tall. The acft then stalled and descended to impact with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6921E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56421
- Airframe hours
- 3,659
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bret F. Haering
- Registered owner
- Bret F Haering
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Belvoa Lake, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 847 total · 22 in this make and model · 705 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.