- Date
- May 14, 1992, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Old Minto, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1805CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920514015169A
- Case key
- 5725
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain. A factor relating to the accident was the ditch in the landing area.
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's selection of unsuitable terrain. A factor relating to the accident was the ditch in the landing area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1805C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17025949
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walker, Nelson Jr.
- Registered owner
- Walker, Nelson Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1991 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- ENN · Nenana, AK
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 32 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
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 N1805C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.