- Date
- August 22, 1982, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Minchumina, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88264Citabria 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820822042569A
- Case key
- 71718
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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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 plt selected a proposed landing site adjacent to a lake, & after 4 or 5 low passes decided to "drag" the site by rolling the main gear on the ground to determine its suitability for a landing. The plt intended to mark the ground withthe acft tires & then circle the site & make a final determination. As the plt started to drag the site & the acft settled into the grass, the tires contacted about 3 inches of standing water & the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88264
- Reported as
- Citabria 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9974
- Airframe hours
- 865
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Ward
- Registered owner
- Dennis Ward
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,125 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,050 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.