- Date
- September 17, 1983, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N291CStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830917049439A
- Case key
- 4059
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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Analysis
The acft nose over after landing on a sand bar. The usable landing area was about 700 ft long & consisted of a soft mixture of sand & gravel.
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - sand barFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N291C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3291
- Airframe hours
- 1,330
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Duane Edwin Mathes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1983 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 695 total · 278 in this make and model · 580 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.