- Date
- February 20, 1987, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761UCCessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870220003199A
- Case key
- 4821
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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 student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on a snow covered runway when the pilot lost control of the aircraft, struck a runway perimeter snow berm and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761UC
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520987
- Airframe hours
- 2,713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwind Aviation
- Registered owner
- Glyn Scales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1987 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z14 · Birchwood, runway 1, 4,000 × 100 ft, snow
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 30 °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.
Other investigations on N761UC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.