- Date
- February 8, 1988, 13:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2423UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880208002679A
- Case key
- 4983
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 certified flight instructor and his student were on a right downwind doing touch-and-go landings when, according to the pilot, the engine suddenly lost all power. Attempts at restarting the engine were unsuccessful, and the airplane landed short of the runway in deep snow and nosed-over. An FAA inspector at the site said that the airplane had sufficient fuel, and that there was no obvious, external signs of an engine malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2423U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250023
- Airframe hours
- 1,625
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gabriel Olympic
- Registered owner
- Gabriel Olympic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 19, 4,000 × 100 ft
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,110 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 283 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 21 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.