# Accident 20120930021489A: Quest Aircraft Company LLC KODIAK 100, Anchorage, AK, September 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1747° N, 149.9719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1747&lon=-149.9719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N745-2014-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quest KODIAK 100 (registry code 7320001, https://openairdocs.org/model/quest-kodiak-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 series (registry code 52250, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUEST AIRCRAFT COMPANY LLC KODIAK 100
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 72 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12GA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12GA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120930021489A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, ABOUT 1545 ALASKA DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, AN AMPHIBIOUS- EQUIPPED KODIAK 100 AIRPLANE, N745, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING ON SPENARD LAKE, LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND OPERATED BY UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AS A PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT.  THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED KING SALMON AT APPROXIMATELY 1300, STOPPED BRIEFLY IN KENAI, AND CONTINUED ON TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE PILOT, AGE 36 HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN AIRPLANE, SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND SEA, INSTRUMENT RATING. A SECOND CLASS AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS OBTAINED ON AUGUST 12, 2011. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY IS ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF THE ACCIDENT, REPORTING WIND; CALM, VISIBILITY; 10 MILES, CLOUD AND SKY CONDITIONS;6000 FEET FEW, 13000 FEET SCATTERED 20,000 FEET SCATTERED, TEMPERATURE; 45 DEGREES F.  ONE HOUR AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT REPORTED TO BOTH THE NTSB AND FAA INVESTIGATORS THAT HER APPROACH WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND HER AIRSPEED WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL. CONSEQUENTLY SHE LANDED IN A NOSE LOW POSITION AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELING OVER THE RIGHT FLOAT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONSEQUENTLY BROKE APART AND BECAME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN LAKE SPENARD. THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT SUBMERGING.

## 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 ANC12GA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12GA114), Sep 30, 2012: Quest Kodiak 100 (N745), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing, which resulted in a collision with the water. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's lack of experience conducting waterborne…

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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