- Date
- June 8, 1991, 19:00 local (Jun 9, 1991, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5296DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910608022529A
- Case key
- 5554
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to land on an unimproved area. The soft terrain was a related factor.
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 departed dillingham, Alaska, en route to anchorage, Alaska. He made an en route stop at an off-airport location 10 miles north of Iliamna, Alaska. During the landing, the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5296D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50194
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffery D. Gustafson
- Registered owner
- Jeffery D. Gustafson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N5296D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.