- Date
- April 14, 1986, 07:56 local (11:56 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N700HJCessna 180-H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860414011819A
- Case key
- 4651
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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that after lift off from the water, the left wing tip caught the water causing the aircraft to cartwheel and sink. At the time of the accident the wind was reported as 060 degrees at 15 knots gusting 35 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700HJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 180-H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051877
- Airframe hours
- 2,253
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael T. Crawley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- Port Etches, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 514 total · 502 in this make and model · 447 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °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.