- Date
- May 26, 1986, 21:00 local (May 27, 1986, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bradley Ski, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1661VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860526019359A
- Case key
- 4667
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that after touchdown he lost control of the aircraft causing the plane to nose over on its back. At the time of the accident the wind was less than six knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1661V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13833
- Airframe hours
- 8,972
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jelier J. Dorst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1985
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 179 in this make and model · 364 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °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.