- Date
- July 16, 1985, 20:20 local (Jul 17, 1985, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4931GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850716061409A
- Case key
- 40201
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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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Visual lookout - reducedCause
Visual/aural perceptionCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Stall/mush - not correctedCause
Remedial action - delayedCause
Hard landing
Flare - not attainedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
Plt returning from local flight lost visual contact with runway during flare due to sunglare. ATCT had cleared acft to runway and no request for chc initiated by plt, or go around attempted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4931G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273478
- Airframe hours
- 1,581
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary B. Dunne
- Registered owner
- Air Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau Int'L, runway 26, 8,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 4 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JUN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.