- Date
- February 23, 1987, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4687CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870223003499A
- Case key
- 4824
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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 successfully landed his ski equipped tailwheel airplane on a frozen lake in gusty wind conditions but lost control of the airplane while attempting to taxi from upwind to downwind. The airplane struck its left wing and elevator on the lake ice and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4687C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25631
- Airframe hours
- 2,487
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Bains-Jordan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1986 · 1,136 hours before
- Departed
- King Lake, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood Seaplane
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 210 in this make and model · 430 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °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.