- Date
- June 20, 1993, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Victory, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1679ZCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930620022679A
- Case key
- 2373
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Probable cause
The pilot selected unsuitable terrain for landing.
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 made a low pass over the gravel airstrip and it appeared to be dry and debris free. He landed and during the roll out the left wheel hit soft mud. He attempted a go around but the airplane would not accelerate and it struck the trees and alder bushes adjacent to the airstrip.
Factual narrative
On June 20, 1993, at 1115 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N1679Z, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, collided with trees and bushes during an aborted landing and go around attempt on a gravel airstrip near Victory, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Anchorage, Alaska and the destination was the accident site. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Private Certificated Pilot-in-Command and the two passengers were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the Pilot-in-Command he made a low pass and the gravel strip appeared to be dry and free of debris. he line up for a new approach and landed by the red drums marking the threshold. The roll out appeared normal and then the left wheel hit some soft mud. He attempted a go around but the airplane would not accelerate and it ran into the trees and alder bushes adjacent to the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1679Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0479
- Airframe hours
- 4,265
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hansen, Jan K.
- Registered owner
- Hansen, Jan K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1992 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,170 total · 2,150 in this make and model · 3,170 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N1679Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.