- Date
- September 17, 1993, 19:00 local (Sep 18, 1993, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake George, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5029MTaylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930917034859A
- Case key
- 2429
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. A factor was the rough/uneven 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 student pilot said he landed 'a little long' on the gravel bar, then could not stop the airplane before over running the departure end. The airplane then went down an embankment and nosed over onto its back. The gravel bar was about 800 feet long and the pilot said he had landed there previously several times.
Factual narrative
History of flight
On September 17, 1993, at 1900 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Taylorcraft BC-12B airplane, N5029M, over ran the end of the strip and nosed over while landing on a remote strip in the Lake George drainage, located approximately 20 miles southeast of Palmer, Alaska. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The local personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Wasilla, Alaska at 1720. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan was filed.
Shortly after the accident, during a telephone interview the pilot stated the following in part: "The strip was about 800 feet long, and I had landed there twice previously. I landed a little long, then could not stop the airplane before running off the departure end. The airplane then went into a hole and went over on its back."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5029M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A-75-8
- Airframe hours
- 4,642
- Engine
- Continental A-75-B, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hanson, Aaron W.
- Registered owner
- Hanson, Aaron W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1993 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 94 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.