- Date
- November 6, 1990, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8943GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19901106049109A
- Case key
- 5508
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the gusty crosswinds and slippery 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 pilot stated that he experienced crosswinds of about 15 knots, which caused the airplane to be blown off the side of the runway during the landing roll. The snow-covered runway was also reported to have been recently plowed and slippery. At the time of the accident, the pilot was returning home after satisfactorily completing his commercial airplane check ride about an hour earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8943G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-60483
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard W. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 19, 4,010 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 525 total · 250 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 15 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.