Cessna 172H N8020L

Summary

On 10 April 2022 at about 21:20 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N8020L was involved in an accident near Chugiak, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

10 April 2022 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Chugiak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Birchwood (PABV)

Coordinates

61.4193, -149.5034

Aircraft

Cessna 172H

Registration

N8020L

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Willow → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC22LA028

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, upon touchdown on the asphalt runway, the airplane veered abruptly to the right. The airplane exited the runway, impacted a snowbank, and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and wings. Examination of the nose landing gear system revealed no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. An examination of the landing surface revealed tire witness marks consistent with the airplane touching down in a left-wing-low attitude and evidence that the right main tire did not contact the ground until after the airplane had departed the runway. Based on the tire witness marks and the lack of preaccident mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, the circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.