- Date
- October 7, 2023, 17:30 local (Oct 8, 2023, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Beluga, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2129PNathan A Rehak CAW-12
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231007015059A
- Case key
- 193231
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control after failing to determine wind direction during landing in variable, gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Pilot reported that, after touching down on a dry lakebed, he encountered a wind gust that lifted the tail of the airplane, resulting in a nose over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the front wing struts, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2129P
- Reported as
- Nathan A Rehak CAW-12
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 211622
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 210
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 10, 2023
- Departed
- PAWS · Wasilla, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 29, 2022
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 210 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.13 inHg
- Observed at
- PAWS, 68 nm away
- METAR
- PAWS 080056Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN090 09/05 A2913 RMK AO2 SLP869 T00890050
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 28, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.