- Date
- December 14, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sawmill Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4939QCessna 185A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821214065169A
- Case key
- 72564
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft encountered gusty wind and experienced power loss during takeoff. The pilot made a hard landing on the water and the aircraft nosed over but did not sink. It washed ashore on a rocky beach and was destroyed by wave action. No one was injured in this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4939Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503579
- Airframe hours
- 1,252
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chisum Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Chisum Flying Service
- Departed
- Sawmill Bay, AK
- Destination
- CDV · Cordova, 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Private, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,254 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 10,195 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °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 N4939Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.