- Date
- June 23, 1990, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kako Mine Strip, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50GAShort Brothers SH-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900623021789A
- Case key
- 5388
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane through the touchdown and landing phase.
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 non-scheduled, all cargo, air taxi flight was landing at the mining strip and upon touchdown the pilot-in-command released the yoke with his left hand and grabbed the nose steering tiller. The pilot-in-command stated that before he could apply reverse thrust, the nose of the airplane came up off the ground and the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied left rudder and power to the right engine, but the airplane left the right side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50GA
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SH-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH 1856
- Airframe hours
- 15,689
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-2-201A, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- North Star Air Cargo Inc.
- Registered owner
- North Star Air Cargo, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 1, 1990 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Kako Mine Air Strip, runway 25, 1,700 × 75 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,236 total · 977 in this make and model · 2,760 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.