Cessna 172 N12188

Summary

On 22 August 2000 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N12188 was involved in an accident near Alexander Creek, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 August 2000 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Alexander Creek, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Roy's Airstrip

Coordinates

55.9192, -159.4906

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N12188

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Hood A/S → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC00LA111

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were gusty winds, and a downdraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated private pilot reported that he was on a southerly, short final approach to a remote airstrip. When the airplane was about 50 feet above the ground, the wind increased and a strong downdraft pushed the airplane onto the approach end of the airstrip, about 15 yards short of the airstrip surface. He said that the nose wheel struck the ground first, and bounced the airplane into the air. He added that when the airplane settled onto the airstrip, a nose wheel fork broke, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported that wind conditions at the time of the accident were from the southwest, at 4 knots, with gusts to 15 knots, and added that there were storms in the vicinity of the accident airstrip.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.