- Date
- May 18, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Togiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4763CGrumman G21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890518012219A
- Case key
- 5186
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot, which resulted in a loss of directional control. A factor related to the accident was: the gusty crosswind condition.
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
The air taxi pilot was on an unscheduled charter flight in an amphibian airplane to pick up passengers near hagemeister island. He elected not to land at hagermeister island due to water conditions, but flew instead to a nearby airstrip for a wheel landing. He said that during the landing roll, a gust of wind caused the right wing to lift and he was unable to maintain directional control. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and the left wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4763C
- Reported as
- Grumman G21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pennisula Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Destination
- Hagemeister, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- TOG · Togiak, runway 36, 4,400 × 30 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 13,500 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.