- Date
- May 18, 1989, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- White Mountain, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1997XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890518013559A
- Case key
- 5184
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway, which was closed. A factor related to the accident was: the snow crusted runway.
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.
Nose gear collapsed
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - not operating
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1997X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dailey, John W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1988 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- PAGA · Galena, AK
- Airport
- WMO · White Mountain
N1997XRegistration cancelled Jun 3, 2011 · Cessna 182HAirframe modelCessna 182HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 10,500 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °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 N1997X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.