- Date
- March 8, 1988, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68945Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880308005809A
- Case key
- 4991
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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 newly certificated private pilot was attempting to perform a soft-field, touch-and-go landing at an unimproved, off-airport site in deep snow. The airplane's main landing gear became mired in the snow, the nose wheel pitched down and the airplane nosed-over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68945
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282411
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anchorage Air Center
- Registered owner
- William E Starts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 12, 1988 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- BGQ · Big Lake
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 61 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °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.