- Date
- June 27, 1989, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37209Interstate S-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890627017709A
- Case key
- 5207
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Probable cause
Pilot failed to maintain directional control during the attempted go-around. Factors in the accident were the rough/uneven terrain and the brush beside the runway.
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 pilot stated that he hit a bump in the runway, causing the airplane to bounce during landing. He then attempted to make a go-around. The right wing hit some scrub brush along the side of the runway, causing the pilot to lose control of the airplane and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37209
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52
- Airframe hours
- 1,574
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dugagan, Reuben V.
- Registered owner
- Reuben V Dunagan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1989 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Iliaska, runway 18, 700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,521 total · 24 in this make and model · 2,461 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 43 °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.
Other investigations on N37209 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.