- Date
- October 31, 1991, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ekuk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46279Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19911031048299A
- Case key
- 5669
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in flight planning and decision in that he attempted to touchdown too close to the log.
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 he observed a log on the approach end of the runway and tried to miss it during the touchdown but the aircraft nose wheel & fuselage contacted the log.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46279
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257152
- Airframe hours
- 3,818
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Floyd Raymond Murphy
- Registered owner
- Floyd Raymond Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Destination
- KKU · Ekuk, AK
- Airport
- KKU · Ekuk, runway 28, 1,200 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 509 total · 470 in this make and model · 509 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N46279 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.