- Date
- September 30, 1992, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Taylor Road, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79046Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920930039309A
- Case key
- 5821
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors contributing to the accident were the gusting crosswinds and the pilot's lack of total experience in this type operation.
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
Pilot encountered gusty crosswind on approach to roadway landing area of remote area north of nome, Alaska, collided with trees on second attempted landing. Aircraft sustained substantial damage; pilot as sole occupant was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79046
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257839
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip R. Kaluza
- Registered owner
- Philip R. Kaluza
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1992 · 128 hours before
- Departed
- American River, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 420 in this make and model · 510 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.