- Date
- February 13, 1988, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- 70 Nw Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N674MCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880213002479A
- Case key
- 4984
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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 stated that during the landing roll on the frozen lake he lost directional control of the aircraft due to the snow on the lake. The aircraft then nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N674M
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50437
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Millard F Aregood
- Registered owner
- Millard F Aregood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1987 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Skwentna
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,560 total · 500 in this make and model · 9,250 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N674M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.