55.3571° N, 131.6746° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 4, 1993 · 08:45 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Ketchikan Harbor Spb
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CFZEX
Reported as
Cessna 180H
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
815 total60 in this make and model131 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.
Seaplane flipped over in water when wind gust lifted wing dragging low wing in the water.
As the FAA filed it
SEAPLANE FLIPPED OVER IN WATER WHEN WIND GUST LIFTED WING DRAGGING LOW WING IN THE WATER.