- Date
- September 27, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Karluk, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9701FFairchild C-82A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820927051249A
- Case key
- 71229
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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
The pilot reported that during arrival, the approach to landing seemed normal until just before touchdown. The aircraft touched down short of the runway threshold marks on relatively steep terrain in the safety zone. The pilot estimated that the touchdown point was 1 to 2 ft below the runway elevation. During touchdown, the aircraft bounced and subsequently came to rest on the landing gear, but both tail booms failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9701F
- Reported as
- Fairchild C-82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4557814
- Airframe hours
- 9,820
- Engine
- P & W R2800 CB16, 1,800 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- North Face Construction
- Registered owner
- Ball Brothers Inc.
- Departed
- ODK · Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- 1G6 · Strongville, OH
- Airport
- KYK · Karluk Airport, runway 24, 2,400 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,985 total · 586 in this make and model · 14,908 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9701F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.