- Date
- July 14, 1986, 23:50 local (Jul 15, 1986, 07:50 UTC)
- Place
- Blackburn, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4649CCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860714033999A
- Case key
- 4702
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft undershot apch and crashed into a river while executing a low circling apch to land at a nearby gravel bar. Plt stated that he had been on duty for about 18 hrs, had flown 8.4 hrs that day hauling fish and that he was tired and 'playing around'. Acft sank in 25 - 30 ft water and was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4649C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25593
- Airframe hours
- 2,541
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William D. Thurmond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- GAL · Galena, 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,461 total · 592 in this make and model · 1,415 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N4649C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.