- Date
- January 19, 1990, 18:06 local (22:06 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N551CStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900119000849A
- Case key
- 5336
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his distance and altitude to the runway on final approach, and failed to attain the proper touchdown point. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, unfavorable wind wind conditions and snow covered terrain.
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 took off at night on a local proficiency flt. He rprtd that while in the traffic pattern to practice landings, the acft encountered turbulence & wind shear. During the 2nd landing, the acft touched down in snow just short of the rwy & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N551C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083551
- Engine
- Franklin 165, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Someville, James
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,513 total · 1,442 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.