- Date
- July 10, 1985, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eklutna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47757Taylorcraft DF-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850710030479A
- Case key
- 4521
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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
Acft landed hard, collapsing both main landing gear after making a steep apch to a short area on a gravel road. Plt was landing to drain some acft fuel out in order to get better climb performance for a mountain sightseeing flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47757
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DF-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6018
- Engine
- Continental A75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas S. Choate
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 25, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- Z15 · Chugiak, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 171 in this make and model · 158 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.