- Date
- October 21, 1986, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nightmute, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N406THShort Brothers SC7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861021052939A
- Case key
- 4802
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.
Analysis
According to the plt-in-command (PIC), when the acft was on final apch to the 1600 ft rwy, it encountered a downdraft. Subsequently, the acft hit hard on the lip of the rwy, then bounced & touched down on the rwy. After the 2nd touchdown, the acft veered to the right, exited the rwy & contd onto open tundra. The acft's right main gear, right wing, right prop & nose gear were damaged drg the sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N406TH
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SC7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1862
- Airframe hours
- 10,107
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331-F, 650 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Troy Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 1986 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethal, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AK08 · Nightmute, runway 2, 1,600 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,590 total · 152 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 140 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °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.