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Cessna 182H N1997X

18 May 1989 · White Mountain, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 May 1989 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 182H registered N1997X was involved in an accident near White Mountain, 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.

The record

Date
at 20:30
Classification
Accident
Location
White Mountain, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
White Mountain (WMO)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 182H
Registration
N1997X
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Galena → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC89LA072

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY, WHICH WAS CLOSED. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE SNOW CRUSTED RUNWAY.

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

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