- Date
- April 1, 1991, 20:25 local (Apr 2, 1991, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Greely, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N464CStinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910401008169A
- Case key
- 5533
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Probable cause
Unsuitable terrain selected by the pilot for a precautionary landing.
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 becoming lost on a VFR cross country flight, the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing on the frozen tundra. After touchdown, the airplane nosed over on its back on the snow covered tundra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N464C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083464
- Airframe hours
- 2,066
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond J. Goglia
- Registered owner
- Raymond J. Goglia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1990 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
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 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 65 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.