- Date
- May 10, 1993, 19:30 local (May 11, 1993, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blair Lakes, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6374BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930510015359A
- Case key
- 2338
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilots selection of unsuitable terrain on which to land. A factor was the soft, wet, rough area on the strip.
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
Approximately 300 feet after touching down on the dirt strip the airplane encountered a soft muddy area about 6 to 8 feet long. The airplane's nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. The pilot said that just prior to landing he made two low passes over the strip. He said he saw other airplane tire tracks on the strip so thought it was suitable for a landing.
Factual narrative
On May 10, 1993, at 1930 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 182 airplane, N6374B, nosed over while landing at a remote strip approximately 7 miles southeast of Blair Lakes, Alaska. The commercial pilot and one passenger were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The local personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Fairbanks, Alaska at 1845. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and a VFR flight plan was filed.
Shortly after the accident, during a telephone interview, the pilot stated the following in part: "We were looking for a place to hunt, and wanted to land at this strip. Tire tracks on the ground indicated that other airplanes had landed there recently. I made two low passes and the surface appeared suitable, so I made a soft field landing. Shortly after touchdown I encountered a soft muddy area about 6 to 8 feet long which caused the nose gear to collapse and the airplane to nose over."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6374B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34274
- Airframe hours
- 3,937
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dooley, Kenneth J.
- Registered owner
- Dooley, Kenneth J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1992 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- None, runway 14, dirt
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 73 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.