- Date
- May 3, 1992, 17:02 local (May 4, 1992, 01:02 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2746DCessna C-170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920503013059A
- Case key
- 5718
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Loss of control on landing roll due to the pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment, resulting in collision with terrain during an uncontrolled ground loop/swerve. A factor relating to the accident was the crosswind weather conditions.
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 made a wheel landing in variable crosswind conditions and the acft gnd looped/swerved off the right side of the rwy. When the acft reached the shoulder of the rwy, the left main ldg gear collapsed and the left wing impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2746D
- Reported as
- Cessna C-170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25288
- Airframe hours
- 3,617
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Karalunas, David Nmi
- Registered owner
- Karalunas, David Nmi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Airport
- TKA · Talkeetna, runway 18, 3,500 × 75 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 14 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 12 °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 N2746D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.