- Date
- August 25, 1982, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53145Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820825043629A
- Case key
- 72331
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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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he landed on a gravel bar about 900 ft long with a passenger to go fishing. Later, he took off to the west with a slight head wind. Near the end of the gravel bar was a tree with branches sticking out of the water. As the pilot took off, he was unable to gain sufficient altitude to clear a branch that extended about 4 ft out of the water. He reported that the nose gear hit the branch and dumped the plane into the river. The plane floated for a time and the occupants egressed without injury. This was the first time the pilot had landed on the gravel bar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53145
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274692
- Airframe hours
- 864
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Coastal Avia.
- Registered owner
- Coastal Avia.
- Departed
- Bethel, AK
- Destination
- Bethel, AK
- Airport
- Quinhagak
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,255 total · 375 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.