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Cessna 152 N68945

8 March 1988 · Big Lake, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 March 1988 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68945, operated by Anchorage Air Center, was involved in an accident near Big Lake, 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.

The record

Date
at 14:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Big Lake, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Big Lake (BGQ)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N68945
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Anchorage Air Center
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Anchorage → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC88LA036

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 NEWLY CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A SOFT-FIELD, TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AT AN UNIMPROVED, OFF-AIRPORT SITE IN DEEP SNOW. THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN LANDING GEAR BECAME MIRED IN THE SNOW, THE NOSE WHEEL PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED-OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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