- Date
- August 19, 1989, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka Lodge, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78254Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890819030539A
- Case key
- 5243
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
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. A contributing factor was the hump (uneven surface) on the 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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd there was a hump on the landing strip. He stated that drg a landing, 'it caught the main landing gear causing the plane to bounce and come down too hard on (the) front landing gear causing it to fail.' The cowling, carb heat box, muffler & one wing tip were also damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78254
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57547
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rasmussen, Willard
- Registered owner
- Rasmyssen, Williard N
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Tyone Creek, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Eureka, runway 9, 2,400 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,017 total · 1,017 in this make and model · 1,013 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N78254 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.