- Date
- August 24, 1991, 18:42 local (Aug 25, 1991, 02:42 UTC)
- Place
- White Mountain, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N228ABeech B-18H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910824036519A
- Case key
- 5608
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
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
After touchdown on the runway, the pilot noticed an asymmetrical drag originating from the left side of the plane. The pilot lost directional control of the airplane and the airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N228A
- Reported as
- Beech B-18H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA629
- Airframe hours
- 6,650
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bering Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 31, 1991 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- GLV · Golovin, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- WMO · White Mountain, runway 33, 2,100 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,750 total · 800 in this make and model · 5,750 as pilot in command · 290 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.