Bellanca 8GCBC N5043N

Summary

On 19 July 2011 at about 00:00 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N5043N was involved in an accident near Kantishna, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 July 2011 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kantishna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

63.7808, -148.5199

Aircraft

Bellanca 8GCBC

Registration

N5043N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kantishna → Kantishna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11CA066

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate decision to make contact with an unsuitable landing surface, resulting in a nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a low reconnaissance pass over an area to determine its suitability for landing. He decided to lightly drag the airplane's main landing gear wheels on the landing surface to check for roughness, but the wheels settled into soft terrain, and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.