- Date
- October 26, 1987, 18:06 local (22:06 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9946XCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871026060809A
- Case key
- 4941
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 relatively inexperienced seaplane pilot-in-command made one go around when he experienced difficulty in identifying the surface of the glassy water. On the second landing attempt he flew the airplane into the water at a negative angle of attack. The airplane stayed right side up in spite of a partial cartwheel to the right. It then rolled onto the left wing before righting itself. Damage was substantial. There were no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9946X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850146
- Airframe hours
- 3,093
- Engine
- Continental IO-470F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward G. Barber, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Edward Guy Barber, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Figure Eight Lk, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 479 total · 9 in this make and model · 362 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 7 nm away
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 N9946X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.