- Date
- December 23, 1989, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Brevig Mission, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N220HBeech 18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891223052879A
- Case key
- 5327
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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Probable cause
Loss of power in the the right engine for an unknown reason. The rough/uneven 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 plt rprtd the right eng began to lose power, so he diverted to Brevig, AK. Drg arrival, he did not like the approach & elected to go around. He stated that as he went to full power, the right engine 'quit altogether.' The plt feathered the right prop & retracted the gear & flaps, but was unable to keep the acft from settling to the ground. Subsequently, he landed the acft on tundra & it was damaged. Neither the acft nor the engs were recovered from the acdnt site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N220H
- Reported as
- Beech 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA609
- Airframe hours
- 12,759
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bering Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 22, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Destination
- Teller, AK
- Airport
- KTS · Brevig Mission, runway 4, 2,400 × 180 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
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,563 total · 250 in this make and model · 9,763 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 106 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.