- Date
- April 1, 1993, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56426Boeing D75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930401007509A
- Case key
- 43006
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Probable cause
Unsuitable terrain was selected for landing. A factor to the accident was: 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 reported that he was flying the airplane around the pattern to warm up the oil in preparation for an annual inspection. Just prior to the flight, a rain storm had passed over the area and the dirt strip was wet. During the landing roll, the right main landing gear sank in the mud. The pilot applied the left brake hard and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56426
- Reported as
- Boeing D75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-2322
- Airframe hours
- 8,050
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stuckle, Eugene A.
- Registered owner
- Stuckle, Eugene A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1991 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- Private, runway 4, 2,250 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N56426 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.