- Date
- September 15, 1983, 20:00 local (Sep 16, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97138Stinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830915050559A
- Case key
- 4058
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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 acft struck a dirt bank while landing on a sandbar on the yentna river. The plt stated he was pre-occupied at the sight of a moose near the landing area and did not excercise adequate care in selecting landing path. There was about 2000 ft of good landing surface preceding the touchdown point. When the acft hit the embankment the left main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97138
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-138
- Airframe hours
- 2,673
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven Lee Frazier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1983
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 521 total · 270 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.