- Date
- June 9, 1985, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N180SLCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850609023379A
- Case key
- 4498
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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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.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Flare - improperCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt stated that the float struck the water during landing resulting in the acft nosing over and sinking in 25 ft of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180SL
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18054644
- Airframe hours
- 3,636
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Thrall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- runway 1
N180SLRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 382 total · 94 in this make and model · 306 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.