ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294790
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| Date: | Saturday 17 July 2004 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 120 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1847N |
| MSN: | 12091 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3318 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C-85-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beluga, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private certificated pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a gravel road. The pilot said the road was about 2,000 to 3,000 feet long, with about 3 feet of road surface on either side of the main landing gear tires. He said that during the landing roll, the left main tire encountered soft gravel along the left edge of the road, and the airplane was pulled to the left. The left wing subsequently collided with several bushes, and the airplane was pulled further to the left and into a ditch, where it nosed over. The airplane received structural damage to the leading edge of the right wing, and the aft right wing lift strut.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in airplane departing the landing surface into a ditch, and subsequently nosing over in tall bushes. A factor contributing to the accident was soft terrain along the edge of the landing surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC04LA081
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2022 09:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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