19890920035689A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Nenana River, AK · September 20, 1989

Date
September 20, 1989 · 14:30 local
Place
Nenana River, AK
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N79SC
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA167
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Failed to reduce side slip for crosswind landing. Wing hit water and seaplane cartwheeled.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO REDUCE SIDE SLIP FOR CROSSWIND LANDING. WING HIT WATER AND SEAPLANE CARTWHEELED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N79SC · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.