# NTSB ANC88LA009: Cessna A150K, N8477M, Whittier, AK, October 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1987, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Coordinates: 60.849552, -148.029251 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8496&lon=-148.0293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4971
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4971/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8477M-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N A15000177, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A15000177
- Airframe hours: 3518
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871016060019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016060019A), Oct 16, 1987: Cessna A150K, Whittier, AK, Substantial damage. Collided with stacks of building material while making a precautionary landing on esther island due to low fuel.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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