- Date
- December 30, 1988, 11:29 local (15:29 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3752FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881230057109A
- Case key
- 5097
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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 103 hour private pilot was in the process of demonstrating his Cessna 172 conventional gear airplane (tail-dragger) to a prospective purchaser, when he lost directional control during landing and nosed-over. The pilot reported that he had just touched down in a three-point attitude on his first touch and go landing, when the airplane began to go the left. He corrected to the right, and thought he had regained control, when the airplane suddenly veered further to the right. He attempted to take off, but went off the right side of the runway and nosed-over after striking a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3752F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255247
- Airframe hours
- 3,239
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orbison, Tom O.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 78 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSS
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 N3752F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.