ANC96LA002

Factual narrative

On October 6, 1995, about 1430 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 150M, N704UQ, crashed during landing at the Healy River airport, Healy, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country business flight when the accident occurred. The airplane, registered to Whittier Service Inc., Sterling, Alaska, sustained substantial damage. The pilot, holder of a student pilot certificate, was not injured. The sole passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Merrill Field airport, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1145. The accident was initially reported when a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) airplane spotted the wreckage while searching for an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, Fairbanks Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), reported that while responding to the area of the accident, he observed the airplane wreckage on a trailer. During a conversation with the inspector, the pilot indicated that he was flying to Healy with a passenger to go to work. During the landing on runway 15, the pilot encountered a strong crosswind from the left and the airplane collided with trees along the edge of the runway. The FAA inspector provided the pilot with a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) pilot/operator report (form 6120.1/2). No further contact with the pilot was established and the form was not returned. A second pilot/operator report was sent to the pilot on December 12, 1995. It was returned unclaimed. The aeronautical experience listed on page 3 of this report was obtained from a review of airmen records on file in the FAA's Airman and Medical Records Center located in Oklahoma City. On the pilot's application for medical certificate, dated 5/15/94, the pilot indicated that his total aeronautical experience consisted of 436 hours. While searching for an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal, the accident site was spotted by a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) airplane. An FAA inspector responded to the area of the accident and observed the airplane wreckage on a trailer. During a conversation with the inspector, the student pilot indicated that he was flying to an airstrip with a passenger to go to work. During the landing approach, the pilot encountered a strong crosswind from the left and the airplane collided with trees along the edge of the runway. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12