- Date
- March 31, 1990, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kayak Island, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5061GBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900331007429A
- Case key
- 5348
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
The pilot's failure to use a suitable area to taxi for takeoff. The hidden obstruction (log) was a related 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
According to the plt, he was taxing to takeoff from a beach, when the right main gear struck a log & collapsed. The right wing then dragged across the ground & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5061G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1167
- Airframe hours
- 2,411
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stan Mala
- Registered owner
- Stan Mala
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1989 · 255 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,511 total · 2,411 in this make and model · 2,511 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- 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.
Other investigations on N5061G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.