- Date
- February 7, 1991, 15:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N63541Cessna 172-P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910207002979A
- Case key
- 5517
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the terrain (snowbank).
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
After touchdown on the runway and during the takeoff roll, the airplane exited the left side of the runway, struck a snowbank, and nosed over on its back. The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll, he lost directional control of the airplane due to 'p' factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63541
- Reported as
- Cessna 172-P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275449
- Airframe hours
- 6,046
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1991 · 5 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 6, 4,000 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 3 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 1 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.
Other investigations on N63541 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.