- Date
- February 12, 1992, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Valdez, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5154URichard C. Ballow Kitfox 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920212004739A
- Case key
- 5690
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the airplane's brakes. Factors which contributed to the accident were the icy runway condition and the pilot's lack of total experience with this type of operation.
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 reported that during the landing roll, he applied the brakes while on a patch of ice causing the wheels to lock up. When the airplane went off the icy area and onto a dry part of the runway, the wheels remained locked causing the airplane to nose over. The condition of the runway at the time of the accident was mentioned in NOTAM delta #02/026.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5154U
- Reported as
- Richard C. Ballow Kitfox 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 21
- Airframe hours
- 89
- Engine
- Rotax 532UL, 64 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones, William Marshall
- Registered owner
- Jones, William Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- VDZ · Valdez, runway 24, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 4 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VDZ, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.