- Date
- December 30, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Drift River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44219Taylorcraft BC12-D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821230065179A
- Case key
- 70504
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot reported that while he was landing on crusty snow, the left ski broke through the crust and hit a log that was buried beneath the snow. Subsequently, the left gear failed and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44219
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10019
- Airframe hours
- 3,831
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard F. Strehlow
- Registered owner
- Leonard F. Strehlow
- Departed
- AK39 · Sterling, AK
- Destination
- Cedar, MN
N44219Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-D1Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D1Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 220 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.