- Date
- September 2, 1992, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beluga, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2072YDale Conover Tundra PUP
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920902035599A
- Case key
- 5801
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 inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot. A factor was the pilot misjudged his clearance from the trees.
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 of the homebuilt aircraft attempted takeoff from remote grass strip with 200 lbs of moose meat. The aircraft failed to clear trees at the end of the strip and struck a tree with the left wing. The pilot indicated that the preflight planning was faulty and that he misjudged clearance. He said he believed the homebuilt was not overloaded. Weather reportedly not a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2072Y
- Reported as
- Dale Conover Tundra PUP
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 89-2001
- Airframe hours
- 290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale L. Conover
- Registered owner
- Dale L. Conover
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1991 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- AK
- Destination
- 0AQ1 · Wasilla, AK
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 2,740 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.