- Date
- September 3, 1991, 18:00 local (Sep 4, 1991, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Iowa Ridge, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2487DCessna 170-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5616
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to identify the rough and uneven, unsuitable terrain. Contributing to the accident was the rough and uneven 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
After a hard landing on the gravel bar, the airplane went up on its nose. The pilot did state that the gravel airstrip was rougher than previous landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2487D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2520639
- Airframe hours
- 4,762
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robin And Sharon Luchini
- Registered owner
- Robin And Sharon Luchini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1991 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 715 total · 615 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
Other investigations on N2487D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.