# NTSB ANC88LA118: Cessna 170B, N8266A, Anchorage, AK, August 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1988, 20:39 local (Aug 29, 1988, 04:39 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.219429, -149.850494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2194&lon=-149.8505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5059
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5059/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA118

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS. ON THE FIRST LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & A SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND WAS MADE. DURING THE SECOND LANDING, THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT & IT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8266A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8266A-2017-07-12), registration cancelled 2017-07-12, S/N 25118, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25118
- Airframe hours: 4023
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert D. Schults/Sharon Byran
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 3, 1988, 45 hours before
- Airport: MRI, Merrill, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 70 total, 16 in this make and model, 29 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 48 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880828035569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828035569A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna STC170, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing tail wheel aircraft, veered off runway.

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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