- Date
- October 16, 1987, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Whittier, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8477MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871016060019A
- Case key
- 4971
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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 PIC got lost while flying above an overcast. When he finally found an opening and descended below the clouds he was low on fuel. He located some buildings on a narrow beach and attempted to land. He overshot the beach and struck stacks of building materials.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8477M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15000177
- Airframe hours
- 3,518
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnny Claude Brians
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- H-1B · Hinchinbrook Is, AK
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 12 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.