- Date
- November 6, 1989, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5606CCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891106044569A
- Case key
- 5319
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot's failure to assure condition of runway prior to landing and failure to maintain runway alignment during landing.
Analysis
The pilot failed to establish proper runway alignment, and to maintain directional control after landing at a private airport. During the landing roll, the left gear contacted a snow berm parallel with the runway, causing the airplane to nose over. The runway had 12-18 inches of fresh unplowed snow, for which no NOTAM had been published.
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
- N5606C
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15539
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Julie H. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MHM · Lake Minchumina, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- P11 · Phillips Fld, runway 6, 2,500 × 50 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 280 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.