- Date
- November 14, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kasitsna Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4759ECessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881114051209A
- Case key
- 5147
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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 plt was landing on a beach to deliver mail. He rprtd that during touchdown, the acft skipped about 50 ft before settling to the ground, then it remained in contact with the ground & rolled straight ahead. During the landing roll, the acft nosed over. The plt thought the nose-over might have been caused by the acft wheels hitting a soft spot on the beach while he was applying brakes. The usable landing area on the beach was rprtd to be about 900 ft. the plt had landed on the beach many times during his 8 years of employment with the company.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4759E
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503865
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cook Inlet Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dennis Rothgeb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 9,850 as pilot in command · 221 in the last 90 days · 93 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.