- Date
- December 15, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N767CStinson 108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19911215056219A
- Case key
- 5677
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain proper altitude during the final approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience performing landings in reduced light conditions, the poor light condition at dusk, and the snow covered 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
The airplane touched down about 30 feet short of the approach end of the runway in about 2 feet of snow, then nosed over onto the runway. The pilot stated that he thought the flat lighting conditions contributed to his final approach altitude being too low. The private pilot reported having a total of 430 flight hours, of which only 1.5 was at night as the PIC. The accident occurred about 50 minutes after sunset.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N767C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3767
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hansen, Christian F.
- Registered owner
- Hansen, Christian F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Z15 · Chugiak, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 19, 4,010 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 87 in this make and model · 391 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °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.