19810515026439A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Stbros SC73 · Slate Creek, AK · May 15, 1981

Date
May 15, 1981 · 12:15 local
Place
Slate Creek, AK
Airport
Slate Creek
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GIFA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N70DA
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA054
Reported as
Stbros SC73
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,131 total735 in this make and model189 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Bounced landing on rough rocky strip. Nose gear broke off. Airplane nosed over. Failure due to overload.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED LANDING ON ROUGH ROCKY STRIP. NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. FAILURE DUE TO OVERLOAD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.