- Date
- September 9, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80124Cessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 71819
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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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Stall/mush - inadvertent
Analysis
The pilot made a takeoff downwind in gusty conditions on a lake with marginal capabilities. Surrounding terrain makes wind swirling eddies. The aircraft lost lift and impacted on the bank of the lake in alder brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80124
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503094
- Airframe hours
- 2,239
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bell Harring & Associates
- Registered owner
- Bell Harring & Associates
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- Z03 · Egegik, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek Seaplane Base, runway 28, 3,000 × 300 ft, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 429 total · 320 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 105° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 113 °F
Other investigations on N80124 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC93LA071Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBulchitna Lake, AKThe failure of the landing gear leg due to a fatigue fracture caused by corrosion.NTSB ANC85LA177Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCordova, AKThe plt stated that prior to landing, the acft's right brake had no pressure. He reported that after he landed, the tail wheel began to shimmy & the acft pulled to the left. He applied full right rudder, but was unable to prevent the acft from ground looping…