# Accident 20130428006789A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Kasilof, AK, April 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kasilof, AK
- Airport: Kasilof
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1269° N, 149.4189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1269&lon=-149.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88266, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88266) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 750 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130428006789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ON MONTAGUE ISLAND INVOLVING AIRCRAFT N88266, A 8GCBC AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN STATED HE WAS LANDING ON AN OFF AIRPORT BEACH AT THE MOUTH OF NELLY MARTIN RIVER ON MONTAGUE ISLAND. AIRMAN STATED HE HAD LANDED ON THIS SAME BEACH MANY TIMES BEFORE. HE RAN HIS WHEELS OVER THE BEACH TO MAKE SURE THE LANDING SURFACE WAS OK THEN CAME AROUND AND LANDED. ON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SOFT SPOT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. THE AIRMAN'S LICENSES AND RECORDS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FARS.

A 44709 WILL BE ADMINISTERED..

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC13CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA039), Apr 28, 2013: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88266), Seward, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on an unsuitable landing surface, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N88266 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770728019809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770728019809A), Jul 28, 1977: Blanca 8GCBC (N88266), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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