# NTSB ANC89LA072: Cessna 182H, N1997X, White Mountain, AK, May 18, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1989, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: White Mountain, AK
- Location: 64.6862° N, 163.3796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from WHITE MOUNTAIN (WMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.6862&lon=-163.3796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5184
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5184/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA072

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - from landing
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - not operating
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1997X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1997X-2011-06-03), registration cancelled 2011-06-03, S/N 18256097, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890518013559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890518013559A), May 18, 1989: Cessna 182H, White Mountain, AK, Substantial damage. Overran snow-cleared area on landing. Began taxi in deep snow. Nose wheel fell through crust causing air frame damage

## Other investigations on N1997X (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC96TA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96TA016), Nov 28, 1995: Cessna 182H (N1997X), Koyuk, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed application of carburetor heat. Factors in the accident were carburetor icing conditions and lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
- [NTSB OAK70D0012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0012), May 30, 1969: Cessna 182 (N1997X), Concord, CA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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