- Date
- July 27, 1985, 13:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kustatan River, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4649UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850727034349A
- Case key
- 4530
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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 reported that he was taking off from a River/lake area with glassy water on a hot/sultry day. After initial lift-off, the acft settled & touched down on the water, then lifted off again. It flew beyond the edge of the lake, then settled & nosed over in a swampy area with high vegetation. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was noted during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4649U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605028
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lynwood R. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1985 · 35 hours before
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 16,182 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.