- Date
- July 10, 1985, 14:56 local (22:56 UTC)
- Place
- Elmendorf Afb, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N61155Cessna A-185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850710030499A
- Case key
- 4419
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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
Immediately after takeoff from a lake the acft stalled, did a half spin & nosed into the water. Witnesses reported seeing acft nose pitching up & down & wings wobbling just prior to the stall. This was plt's first flt in this type acft without an instructor. The acft was heavily loaded with passengers & fishing gear. The plt stated that after takeoff, he adjusted the RPM to climb pwr then adjusted the flaps which was the order in which he was instructed to do so. The acft flt manual says to adjust flaps first then pwr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61155
- Reported as
- Cessna A-185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504114
- Airframe hours
- 1,652
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ft. Richardson Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Jansen Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1985 · 68 hours before
- Destination
- Beluga Lake, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Six Mile Lake Seaplane, runway 27, 4,200 × ft, water
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 776 total · 5 in this make and model · 548 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 23,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EDF, 2 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.