- Date
- May 16, 1987, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4600WCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870516017519A
- Case key
- 4850
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Aircraft performance,takeoff capability - inadequateFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Abort - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot was tardy when deciding to abort the takeoff attempt from a rough short strip. The airplane ran into soft over-run and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4600W
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51325
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl Everett Vaull
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Destination
- Shulin Lake, AK
- Airport
- Shulin Lake
N4600WRegistration cancelled Feb 2, 2007 · Cessna 182AAirframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,210 total · 500 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °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.