- Date
- December 13, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kotlik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4511QCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831213060629A
- Case key
- 4263
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
During arrival, the plt landed on the frozen river, which was being used in lieu of the Kotlik airstrip. The landing area on the river was aprx 5000 ft long. After touchdown during the landing, some small children had run onto the departure end of the landing area. The plt elected to go around. He stated that when he applied power, the right eng did not deliver full power. Subsequently, the acft veered to the right, went off the frozen river & came to rest in an area of dense willows.
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
- N4511Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A-0011
- Airframe hours
- 5,895
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Seward Peninsula Flying Svc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 5, 1983 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KOT · Kotlik
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 115 in this make and model · 5,100 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 145 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.
Other investigations on N4511Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.