# NTSB ANC87LA071: Cessna 182A, N4600W, Talkeetna, AK, May 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1987, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Coordinates: 62.449905, -149.790649 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4499&lon=-149.7906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA071

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - aircraft performance,takeoff capability - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4600W-2007-02-02), registration cancelled 2007-02-02, S/N 51325, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51325
- Airframe hours: 2450
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870516017519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516017519A), May 16, 1987: Cessna 182A, Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over during an aborted takeoff. The runway was soft sand and the aircraft was unable to takeoff.

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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