- Date
- September 27, 1982
- Place
- Near Deering, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3120GBeech C45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820927054379A
- Case key
- 71858
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 slid wheels up into a lake during a one-engine forced landing. The aircraft sank and was not recovered but all the occupants were able to reach shore uninjured. The pilot said the left engine lost power during cruise and he elected to shut it down. During the shut-down he failed to add power to the right engine in time to maintain airspeed and altitude. By the time he added power the airspeed was below 100 knots and the altitude less than 800 AGL. The pilot committed himself to a landing in the tundra wheels up and slid into the lake.
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
- N3120G
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-825
- Airframe hours
- 22,000
- Engine
- P & W R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd F. Hardy
- Registered owner
- Sale Reported
- Departed
- AI · Nome, AK
- Destination
- C · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,300 total · 48 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.