- Date
- October 21, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Karluk, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N61376Cessna A185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871021060329A
- Case key
- 4972
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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 arrived late and the tide had come in at the beach in kanatak bay. By the time he commenced his takeoff attempt, the usable area had diminished considerably. The right main gear caught in the surf and the airplane inverted in the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61376
- Reported as
- Cessna A185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504164
- Airframe hours
- 2,740
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Armstrong Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 14, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.