- Date
- September 3, 1989, 16:45 local (Sep 4, 1989, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Igushik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4760MPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890903033429A
- Case key
- 5253
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Probable cause
The pilot selected unsuitable terrain for a landing. Soft terrain was a contributing factor.
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 while landing on a beach, the left wheel hit a soft spot & the left main gear collapsed. The left wing & propeller then hit the ground, which resulted in further damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4760M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11277
- Airframe hours
- 3,287
- Engine
- Continental C-90-8F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard G. Tubbs
- Registered owner
- Marsha K Tubbs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,436 total · 1,082 in this make and model · 1,368 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °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 N4760M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.