- Date
- August 8, 1992, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86926Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920808030809A
- Case key
- 5776
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's improper inflight planning/decision, and his failure to perform a go around. Contributing to the accident was the rough/uneven terrain.
Analysis
The pilot reported that upon touch down on the short rough gravel strip, the airplane bounced twice, and before he could stop, it overran the end of the strip and nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86926
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-74
- Airframe hours
- 889
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Keith E. Ward
- Registered owner
- Keith E. Ward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1992 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- Yanert River, AK
- Destination
- Wood Rvr Lodge, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,480 total · 140 in this make and model · 3,390 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.