- Date
- August 22, 1988, 19:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738NRCessna T182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880822035139A
- Case key
- 4939
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
The pilot was taxiing the Cessna to the ramp area when the airplane wing struck a light pole near the terminal building. The pilot stated that he did not see the light pole before impact and that it blended in with the natural surroundings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738NR
- Reported as
- Cessna T182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18200946
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoogendijk, Fred J.
- Registered owner
- Hoogendijk, Frederick H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- ANI · Aniak, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai Muni, runway 19, 7,600 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 425 in this make and model · 3,680 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.