- Date
- May 18, 1988, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Asigiyukpak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32CPCessna 175B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880518014729A
- Case key
- 5007
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Hard landing
Nose over
Analysis
During the approach to the beach area the pilot stalled the aircraft. The aircraft nosed over on its back during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 175B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17556923
- Airframe hours
- 2,971
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David R. Shetler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1987 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- Nanonachat, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,086 total · 816 in this make and model · 1,052 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 50 °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.