- Date
- March 8, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aleknagik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43606Taylorcraft BC-12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830308010729A
- Case key
- 4070
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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 aircraft was ground looped to prevent an overrun and collided with a snow berm during landing. The pilot stated thathe floated half way down the runway prior to touchdown. When he tried to turn, the acft weathervaned into the wind and steered him to the side of the runway where the acft collided with a snow berm. Pilot stated he should have gone around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43606
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BC-12-D
- Airframe hours
- 2,815
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd R. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- KEK · Ekwok, AK
- Airport
- 235 · Aleknagik, runway 19, 1,200 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 18 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 235
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.