- Date
- June 28, 1988, 07:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N65928Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880628023959A
- Case key
- 5016
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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 he was in a 180 degree turn when he encountered IMC conditions. The flight path had placed the pilot in a valley with cloud shrouded hills to the sides. The aircraft struck the side of a hill at 1780 MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65928
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275925
- Airframe hours
- 3,754
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Terrence, doing business as Wilbur'S Flight Operations
- Registered owner
- Wilburs Flight Operations
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 9, 1988 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,833 total · 76 in this make and model · 1,157 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N65928 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.