- Date
- October 5, 1971
- Place
- Black Rapids, AK · BLACK RAPIDS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8535KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164198
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3968 71/10/5 BLACK RAPIDS,ALAS STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 362 TIME - 1330 N8535K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK RAPIDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,ALAS FAIRBANKS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ALASKA DIRECTORY REPORTED ARPT UNATTENDED AND SKI OPERATIONS ONLY IN WINTER-APRXLY 18 IN SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8535K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Rapids
N8535KRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Stinson 108-1Airframe modelStinson 108-1Engine modelLycoming 0-435
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.
Other investigations on N8535K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.