19 Jul 2011: BELLANCA 8GCBC

19 Jul 2011: BELLANCA 8GCBC — Unknown operator

No fatalities • Kantishna, AK, United States

Probable cause

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

— NTSB Determination

Accident 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.

Contributing factors

  • cause Pilot
  • Contributed to outcome

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 270/05kt, vis 20sm

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