Accident Cessna 182 N8591T, Saturday 11 January 1997

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Date:	Saturday 11 January 1997
Time:	13:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 182
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N8591T
MSN:	52491
Year of manufacture:	1959
Engine model:	Continental O-470
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Skwentna, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Anchorage, AK (MRI)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot and a passenger were landing on a remote, snow covered airstrip at the conclusion of a cross-country flight. The landing strip had been graded in the past, but had recently received several inches of snow. During the landing roll toward the north, the airplane rapidly decelerated, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane then nosed over.

Probable Cause: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area (terrain) for landing. A factor relating to the accident was: excessive snow cover on the airstrip.

Accident investigation: