- Date
- October 25, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alexander Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9398KStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871025061089A
- Case key
- 4975
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 private pilot attempted to land his float equipped airplane with a tailwind and gusty winds in choppy water conditions. He lost control of the airplane and it was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9398K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1082398
- Airframe hours
- 2,364
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reinhard A. Grenz
- Registered owner
- Reinhard Albrecht Grenz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1987 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- Anderson Lake, AK
- Destination
- 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 18 in this make and model · 118 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point -0 °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.