- Date
- July 26, 1987, 17:50 local (Jul 27, 1987, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Nikolai Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5429DBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870726038349A
- Case key
- 4882
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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
This pilot stated he did not fully understand crosswind operating procedures. When he encountered a crosswind during takeoff he allowed the aircraft to drift to the left off the runway and groundlooped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5429D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4922
- Airframe hours
- 4,205
- Engine
- Continental O-470-G, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter P. Granus
- Registered owner
- Walter Paul Granus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1987 · 36 hours before
- Destination
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Airport
- 9AK3 · Nikolai Creek, runway 36, 4,100 × 50 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 982 total · 41 in this make and model · 940 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N5429D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.