Cessna 182 N52763

Summary

On 19 July 1982 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N52763, operated by Hugo T. Ruberg, was involved in an accident near Ft. Yukon, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 July 1982 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Yukon, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Ft. Yukon (FYU)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N52763

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hugo T. Ruberg

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairbanks → Ft. Yukon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC82DAA09

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE OVERFLEW THE FT. YUKON AIRPORT AND OBSERVED MEN WORKING ON RUNWAY 21. HE FLEW A DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 03. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 03 THE PILOT OBSERVED AN "X" ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (VASI). THE PILOT STATED THAT THE "X" ON THE RUNWAY MEANT THAT HE COULD NOT LAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COULD HAVE LANDED THE LEFT SIDE. FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS DEFINE AN "X" ON THE RUNWAY END TO MEAN THAT THE RUNWAY IS CLOSED AND IS NOT TO BE USED FOR TAKEOFFS OR LANDINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.