# NTSB ANC92LA071: Cessna 182B, N2669G, Chitina, AK, May 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1992, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Chitina, AK
- Coordinates: 61.4491, -143.150802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4491&lon=-143.1508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5722
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC92LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5722/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA071

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2669G-2014-09-25), registration cancelled 2014-09-25, S/N 51969, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51969
- Airframe hours: 3662
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920509014019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920509014019A), May 9, 1992: Cessna 182B, Chitna, AK, Substantial damage. Drifted during landing approach to a road. Wing caught small trees pivoting aircraft into large trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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