- Date
- August 12, 1987, 21:00 local (Aug 13, 1987, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mi.70 Glenn Hwy, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4091VCessna 170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870812044449A
- Case key
- 4888
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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 stated the weather was deteriorating with visibility less than one mile and rainshowers. The pilot elected to make a precautionary landing on a state highway. During the landing roll the aircraft struck a road sign with the right wing of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4091V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18423
- Airframe hours
- 1,365
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Baiamonte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1987 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- TKJ · Tok, AK
- Destination
- 215 · Birchwood, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 125 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.