- Date
- January 2, 1989, 15:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place
- Cantwell, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5134TChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890102000109A
- Case key
- 5157
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of total experience, and the snow covered runway.
Analysis
The student pilot and his passenger were attempting to land on a snow covered runway at Cantwell, AK. The wheel equipped airplane encountered deep snow during the landing roll, causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The student pilot had a total of 49.2 hours of flight experience, and was prohibited from carrying passengers.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5134T
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75
- Airframe hours
- 3,491
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bradley E. Miller
- Registered owner
- Miller, Bradley E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Z68 · Cantwell, AK
- Airport
- Z68 · Cantwell, runway 4, 2,100 × ft, snow
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 16 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.