- Date
- September 11, 1988, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9037RCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880911038159A
- Case key
- 5075
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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 airline transport rated pilot was flying a load of gasoline in a crop duster type airplane to a residence in rural Alaska. The landing site was a river sand bar located near the residence. The pilot stated, and witnesses concur, that the airplane's main landing gear encountered a soft spot during the landing roll and nosed over. The pilot suffered serious neck injuries in the mishap. Another pilot, who was also engaged in hauling gasoline to the same site, says that the accident airplane landed off to one side from the area generally used as a landing site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9037R
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802087T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bennett, Dennis E., doing business as G & G Corporation
- Registered owner
- Bennett, Dennis E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Z22 · Willow, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N9037R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.