- Date
- August 5, 1993, 18:00 local (Aug 6, 1993, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2542KLuscombe SL8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930805027729A
- Case key
- 2394
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was the soft terrain.
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-in-command landed on the beach and during the roll out the main wheels sank into the soft sand and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On August 5, 1993, at 1800 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Luscombe airplane, N2542K, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, nosed over during landing on Picnic Beach located near Cape Constantine, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Togiak, Alaska, and the destination was the accident site. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The Private Certificated Pilot-in-Command and the passenger were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the Pilot-in-Command he landed on the beach and the main wheels sank into the soft sand and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2542K
- Reported as
- Luscombe SL8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5269
- Airframe hours
- 3,236
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nelson, Russell
- Registered owner
- Nelson, Russell S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1992 · 278 hours before
- Departed
- TOG · Togiak, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 722 total · 600 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2542K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.