- Date
- June 18, 1982, 16:45 local (Jun 19, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Near Chinitna B, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4212QCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820619024499A
- Case key
- 71853
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The aircraft was chartered to salvage gear from a burned hovercraft that was beached about one mile south of Chinitna bay. The pilot reported that the two passengers got the gear ready to load while he held the plane off the beach by hand, trying to keep the floats from being damaged. Also, he reported that he loaded the plane while a passenger held it. After the aircraft was loaded, the pilot taxied out and began a south takeoff. However, the aircraft would not get on the step. A check of the right float revealed that the second compartment from the front was full of water. The other compartments were dry. While taxiing to a sand beach about 3 to 5 miles away, the nose of the aircraft went under the water. The occupants egressed with some difficulty. A short time later, the plane rolled over and a hole was noted in the no. 2 compartment next to the keel. One passenger stayed with the plane until rescued. The other passenger is presumed to have drowned while he and the pilot were swimming to shore.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4212Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502223
- Airframe hours
- 3,135
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alaska North Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Millard Frank Aregood
- Departed
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Ancorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,510 total · 3,700 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4212Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.