- Date
- July 10, 1983, 13:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bettles, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92853Curtiss C-46A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830710030209A
- Case key
- 4036
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
Just after touchdown the acft rolled over a frost heave on the rwy surface and began veering to the right. The plt applied left brake and added pwr to the right eng but the acft continued going right until the right wing struck a hill adjacent to the right side of the rwy. The acft came to rest in a ditch 110 degrees to the right of the lndg rwy heading. Examination of the right main lndg gear tire revealed a large jagged opening in the sidewall which extended into the tread area of the tire. This opening matched one of the sides of a rock found in the vicinity of the frost heave. The acft maintenance logbooks were reviewed and found to have no record of compliance with airworthiness directives.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92853
- Reported as
- Curtiss C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30565
- Airframe hours
- 14,925
- Engine
- P&W R-28005-E, 2,700 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91 subpart F
- Operator
- Nenana Fuel Co., doing business as P.O. Box 268
- Registered owner
- Clifford R. Everts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 22, 1983 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Tobin Creek, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Tobin Creek, runway 34, 4,500 × 200 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,010 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 18,010 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °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 N92853 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.