- Date
- June 27, 1988, 08:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Barter Island, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53042Cessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880627027069A
- Case key
- 5021
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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 5100 hour commercial pilot had landed at a remote lake on an air taxi flight to pick up three passengers. On the ensuing takeoff attempt, he elected to abort the takeoff due to what he felt was an insufficent amount of lake remaining for a successful takeoff. He was unable to stop the aircraft before it struck the shore line. The airplane continued on to the tundra for an additional 80 feet before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53042
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502333
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Canning Air Service, doing business as Canning Air Service
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Jordan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ARC · Arctic Village, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,100 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.