- Date
- June 17, 2007, 17:30 local (Jun 18, 2007, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- NTSB coordinates
- 56.1869, -157.3856, outside the stated state
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27MRBritten-Norman BN2A26
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 66112
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in structural damage during the landing roll when the airplane encountered soft sand.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airline transport certificated pilot reported he was landing on a beach at the conclusion of a Title 14, CFR Part 135 on-demand flight with six passengers. During the landing roll, the nose wheel encountered soft sand, and was deflected sideways, resulting in structural damage to the firewall bulkhead. During a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge a day after the accident, the pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, and that the landing was uneventful until the nose wheel sunk into the sand.
Factual narrative
The airline transport certificated pilot reported he was landing on a beach at the conclusion of a Title 14, CFR Part 135 on-demand flight with six passengers. During the landing roll, the nose wheel encountered soft sand, and was deflected sideways, resulting in structural damage to the firewall bulkhead. During a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge a day after the accident, the pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, and that the landing was uneventful until the nose wheel sunk into the sand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27MR
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN2A26
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Island Air Service
- Registered owner
- HC Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- EII · Egegik, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 17,450 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 146 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Other investigations on N27MR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.