- Date
- August 17, 1986, 20:00 local (Aug 18, 1986, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Caribou Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3367RCessna 185-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860818043969A
- Case key
- 4716
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Performance data - not understoodCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft settled back on the water and the pilot lost control of the aircraft causing it to nose over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3367R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502875
- Airframe hours
- 1,496
- Engine
- Continental IO 520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Gruber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 7, 1985 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,915 total · 940 in this make and model · 25,699 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °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.
Other investigations on N3367R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.