- Date
- March 28, 1982, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Wulik River Str, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9852FCurtiss-Wright C-46A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820328006529A
- Case key
- 73099
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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
During arrival, the pilot noted that there was a cargo plane being unloaded at the end of a 4100 ft, snow covered runway. He elected to land from the opposite end within the first 4000 ft. the wind was calm. During the landing flare, the right main gear struck a snow berm at the approach end of the runway and failed. The plane bounced on the runway and the left gear folded. The plane then slid about 1000 ft on its belly to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9852F
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wright C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 423659
- Airframe hours
- 19,222
- Engine
- P & W R-2800, 2,500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 125
- Operator
- Woods Air Fuel
- Registered owner
- James Kelly Foss
- Departed
- Kotzebue, AK
- Destination
- OTZ · Wulik River Str, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 12 · Lik Airstrip, runway 27, 4,100 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,286 total · 538 in this make and model · 1,655 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.