- Date
- July 1, 1987, 17:00 local (Jul 2, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chistochina, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3403SCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870701029279A
- Case key
- 4863
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.
Analysis
During a telephone interview the pilot stated the aircraft did not produce full power and believed the reason was the propeller setting was not set to high RPM before landing. The aircraft stalled on final approach to the airport and the aircraft impacted the ground substantially damaging the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3403S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255803
- Airframe hours
- 994
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert G. Grimes
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Grimes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Chistochina, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Chistochina, runway 19, 2,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 947 total · 300 in this make and model · 930 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 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.