# Accident 20030629037229A: Cessna A185E, Bell Island, AK, June 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2003, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bell Island, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.9139° N, 131.5761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9139&lon=-131.5761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48061, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48061) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 5 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030629037229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 6/29/03 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900, N48061 WAS OBSERVED FLYING 20 FT ABOVE A GROUP OF FISHING BOATS NEAR BELL ISLAND, AK. SHORTLY AFTER PASSING THE BOATS, THE PILOT PITCHED UP SEVERELY, CLIMBING MOMENTARILY, AND THEN ULTIMATELY STALLED AND PLUMMETED TO THE WATER UNCONTROLLED FROM A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 100FT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AND MOSTLY SUBMERGED. THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT WITH SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES, THE PASSENGER WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC03LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA064), Jun 29, 2003: Cessna 185 (N48061), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's abrupt, excessive pull-up during an intentional low level maneuver, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the…

## Other reports on N48061 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790619021559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790619021559I), Jun 19, 1979: Cessna A185E (N48061), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Parked float plane with missing float cap capsized when float failed with water.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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