# NTSB ANC88LA073: Cessna 172, N65928, Kenai, AK, June 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1988, 07:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Coordinates: 60.659202, -150.900772 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6592&lon=-150.9008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5016/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA073

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65928-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 17275925, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275925
- Airframe hours: 3754
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880628023959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880628023959A), Jun 28, 1988: Cessna 172P, Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Struck trees on a cloud obscured mountainside while making a 180 to stay clear of clouds.

## Other investigations on N65928 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC85LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA089), Jun 2, 1985: Cessna 172 (N65928), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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