20041031032329A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 8GCBC · Skwentna, AK · October 31, 2004

Date
October 31, 2004 · 16:00 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N86901
Reported as
Bbavia 8GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total540 in this make and model30 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.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted landed aircraft N86901 on an off airport location. The landing location was on a gravel bar. The gravel bar had about 8 inches of new snow on it and upon landing the aircraft nosed over causing damage to the wings and rudder. There was no injury to the sole occupant of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ LANDED AIRCRAFT N86901 ON AN OFF AIRPORT LOCATION. THE LANDING LOCATION WAS ON A GRAVEL BAR. THE GRAVEL BAR HAD ABOUT 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON IT AND UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WINGS AND RUDDER. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.