- Date
- April 15, 1984, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4747UCessna 180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840415013779A
- Case key
- 4282
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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 plt encountered IMC wx conditions & elected to make a water landing. Also, he stated that he encountered a white-out condition just prior to landing. Shortly after touching down, the acft struck a sand bar & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4747U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051447
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Murphy
- Registered owner
- Marlena P. Burns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1983 · 130 hours before
- Departed
- Montague I'S, AK
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling
- 50 ft
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Observed at
- ANC, 10 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 N4747U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.