- Date
- December 10, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8319LCessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881210053369A
- Case key
- 5096
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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 lost control, skidded off the left side of the wet icy runway, and nosed over in a snowbank during the landing phase of an attempted touch and go landing. He stated that while on downwind, he saw the wind sock indicate a change of wind direction, but decided to land with the tailwind since a Cessna 152 had just successfully done so. Variable, gusty winds, and turbulence had been forecast, but the 53 hour private pilot failed to heed a recommendation not to fly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8319L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256519
- Airframe hours
- 4,551
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John L. Everitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1988 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 19, 4,010 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.