- Date
- May 9, 1992, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chitina, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2669GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920509014019A
- Case key
- 5722
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with the landing area. Contributing factors were the gusty wind and the trees.
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 student pilot, with two passengers, decided to land on a dirt road after seeing that the adjoining dirt strip was very muddy. The pilot said that when about 10 feet off the ground during the approach, a gust of wind caused the airplane to move to the right, and the wing to hit some small trees. The airplane spun around and crashed into some nearby larger trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2669G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51969
- Airframe hours
- 3,662
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mary F. Booher
- Registered owner
- Mary F. Booher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1992 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 325° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.