# NTSB ANC95LA031: Cessna 182M, N92105, New Stuyahok, AK, December 31, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 31, 1994, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC) - Place: New Stuyahok, AK - Coordinates: 59.489929, -157.290054 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4899&lon=-157.2901&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 29, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 2628 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC95LA031 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2628/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA031 ## Probable cause A FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS AN ICY RUNWAY SURFACE. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - snowbank ## Analysis THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON AN ICE COVERED GRAVEL RUNWAY AS A CONTINUATION OF HIS BUSINESS FLIGHT TO REMOTE VILLAGES. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT, TOWARD A 4 FOOT SNOW BANK. THE PILOT OVER-CORRECTED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK A 2 FOOT TALL SNOW BANK ALONG THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BECAME STUCK AND THE PILOT DUG THE AIRPLANE OUT. AN INSPECTION AT THAT TIME DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DAMAGE. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE PILOT NOTICED DAMAGE THAT WAS EVIDENT TO THE LEFT WING AND FIREWALL AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT. ## Factual narrative On December 31, 1994 at 1050 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Cessna 182 airplane, N92105, operated by the Pilot, ran off the right side of the runway during landing at New Stuyahok, Alaska. The business flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Dillingham, Alaska, and the destination was New Stuyahok. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The commercial certificated Pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the airplane received substantial damage. According to the Pilot, he landed on the runway and the airplane began to drift left. He stated he over-corrected and the airplane ran off the right side of the runway and struck a snow berm. The airplane stopped and the pilot dug the aircraft out of the snow. He examined the airplane but did not see any damage and did not realize any damage had been done until he brought the airplane in for maintenance on February 7, 1995. The airplane received damage to the left wing and firewall. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N92105](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92105-2013-08-23), registration cancelled 2013-08-23, S/N 18260046, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M - Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18260048 - Airframe hours: 3708 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R25 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Operator: Kelley, James - Registered owner: Corp Of Archbishop, Anchorage - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 24, 1994, 138 hours before - Departed: DLG, DILLINGHAM, AK - Destination: KNW, AK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: KNW, New Stuyahok, runway 15, 1,800 × ft, gravel ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,671 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 5,205 as pilot in command, 140 in the last 90 days, 43 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 90° at 20 knots, gusting 25 - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 25 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19941231047929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941231047929A), Dec 31, 1994: Cessna 182M, New Stuyahok, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to land above crosswind component speed. Ran into snow off side runway. Operated 182 with damaged wing. From the NTSB's public API. 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