- Date
- November 25, 1983, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nr. Wrangell, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8403MCessna A150K Aerobat
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125058949A
- Case key
- 39853
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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Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing on a snow covered sand bar. The weather was VMC. The plt said he underestimated the depth of the snow and upon landing the nose gear collapsed and the acft 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.
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Terrain condition - sand barFactor
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8403M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K Aerobat (A150K AERO)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15000103
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Laurence F. Beck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- PSG · Petersburg, AK
- Airport
- None
N8403MRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna A150KAirframe modelCessna A150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 576 total · 225 in this make and model · 541 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSG, 25 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.