- Date
- September 1, 1987, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yellow Jacket, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7571MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870901048969A
- Case key
- 4899
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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated he bounced hard on the gravel runway causing him to lose directional control and the airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7571M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55871
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay R Melville
- Registered owner
- Jay R. Melville
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetma, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
N7571MRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 2014 · Cessna 175Airframe modelCessna 175Engine modelContinental GO-300 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 20 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °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.