N7637S

On August 25, 1993, at 1900 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Bellanca 7GCBC airplane, N7637S, collided with the terrain and nosed over while making a low pass to evaluate a possible future landing area near Beaver Creek, located 56 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The private pilot, the sole occupant, received minor injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed Fairbanks at 1805, and was destined for the Beaver Creek area. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan was filed.

Shortly after the accident, during a telephone conversation, the pilot stated the following in part: "I was planning to 'drag the area', or make several passes to see if it might be a suitable place at which to land for a future hunting trip. During the second pass the main wheels inadvertently touched down, and the airplane nosed over. The vertical stabilizer, rudder, and one wing strut were damaged."