- Date
- June 10, 1992, 13:36 local (21:36 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA reports
- 19920610019401A19920610019402A
- Case key
- 5739
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
Inadequate visual look out by the pilot of both aircraft. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's diverted attention, the other moving aircraft/object (c 172), and the excessive taxi speed of the c 172.
Inadequate visual look out by the pilot's of both aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the excessive taxi speed by the pilot of the Cessna 172.
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
Just as the Cessna 207 was getting onto the taxiway from its company ramp it collided with a Cessna 172. Both aircraft had been cleared to taxi to the same runway for takeoff. Both pilots said they did not see each other in time to avoid the collision. Two control tower operators stated that the Cessna 172 was taxiing at a high rate of speed.
While taxiing on the taxiway in preparation for takeoff the Cessna 172 collided with a Cessna 207 which was just getting onto the taxiway from its company ramp. Both aircraft had been cleared to taxi to the same runway for takeoff. Both pilots said they did not see each other in time to avoid the collision. Two control tower operators stated that the Cessna 172 was taxiing at a high rate of speed.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N61670
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264717
- Airframe hours
- 2,072
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sigurd E. Colberg
- Registered owner
- Sigurd E. Colberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- MRI
- Destination
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field
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.
- Registration
- N7392U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700435
- Airframe hours
- 7,756
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Spernak Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Spernak Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MRI
- Destination
- 9AK4 · Tyonek, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N61670
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,445 total · 840 in this make and model · 1,393 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N7392U
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.