- Date
- July 24, 1983, 16:30 local (Jul 25, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Barrow, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6439XCessna C-180D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830724039959A
- Case key
- 4146
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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 stated that he was taxiing downriver, downwind in order to get around two bends in the river to a straight section where a takeoff could be made. The left float of the aircraft struck a sandbar, causing the aircraft to roll end over end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6439X
- Reported as
- Cessna C-180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard H. Coffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1982 · 200 hours before
- Destination
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BRW · Barrow
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 200 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRW, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.