- Date
- May 16, 1983, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Hills, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5042QBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830516020469A
- Case key
- 4118
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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 nosed over during takeoff when the landing gear dug into the soft sand. The weather was VMC but the wind was gusting up to 40 mph. The pilot did not claim any problems with the wind or the acft but he did have a strong crosswind. The accident site was a sandy rutted beach about 47 NM sw of dillingham AK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5042Q
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 300-79
- Airframe hours
- 1,041
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George F. Cahill, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 800 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °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.