- Date
- June 19, 1983, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bettles, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89410Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830619035439A
- Case key
- 4131
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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 an aborted takeoff. The acft was damaged but the occupants were not injured. The pilot statedthat he decided to take off to the south since there was no wind. The acceleration for takeoff was slow according to thepilot so he closed the throttle and applied heavy braking in an attempt to abort the takeoff. The acft bounced on the runway, and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89410
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8442
- Airframe hours
- 3,666
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.G. Baas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 21, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1AK1 · Crevice Creek, runway 13, 2,250 × 20 ft, dirt
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 80 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- 1
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N89410 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.