- Date
- June 9, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sparrevohn, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N123PGde Havilland Beaver U-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870609020109A
- Case key
- 4760
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 - in flight
Weather condition - high windCause
Weather condition - windshearCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Stall - not identifiedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that just prior to touchdown he encountered a wind shear. The acft stalled and crashed on the gravel bar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123PG
- Reported as
- de Havilland Beaver U-6A (BEAVER U-6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1307
- Airframe hours
- 11,704
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- August D. Egdorf, doing business as Dave Egdorf Wstrn Ak Sprt Fish
- Registered owner
- Dave Egdorf
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Sparrevohn, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Nushagak River
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,620 total · 850 in this make and model · 7,500 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.