- Date
- June 7, 2011, 17:48 local (Jun 8, 2011, 01:48 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58924Cessna 182P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA Anchorage FSOO
- FAA report
- 20110608025069A
- Case key
- 80722
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions and his failure to maintain control of the airplane during a water landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was landing the float-equipped airplane on a lake, when a gust of wind lifted the left wing. He was unable to correct for the wind, and the right wing contacted the water. The airplane rolled to the right and came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot was landing the float-equipped airplane when a gust of wind picked up the left wing. He was unable to correct for the wind, and the right wing contacted the water. The airplane rolled to the right and came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with he airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58924
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262395
- Airframe hours
- 2,619
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 2011
- Departed
- Mirror Lake, AK
- Destination
- PALH · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- PALH · Lake Hood Seaplane, runway 18, water
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 9, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 84 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- PALH
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 7, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 370 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.