- Date
- November 30, 1985, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Beulah, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8143KStinson 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851130076449A
- Case key
- 16890
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a landing at dusk on a snow covered rwy, the acft encountered deep snow and nosed over onto its back. The plt stated that after touchdown, he realized that there was aprx one ft of snow on the rwy and was unable to make a go-around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8143K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1143
- Airframe hours
- 1,637
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435A-1, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edwin G. Reiersgaard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1985
- Departed
- BIS · Bismark, ND
- Airport
- 95D · Beulah, runway 28, 3,500 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,809 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,136 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 359° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -8 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DIK, 49 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.