# NTSB ANC89LA018: Cessna 182C, N449SA, Akiachak, AK, October 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1988, 16:30 local (Oct 11, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Akiachak, AK
- Coordinates: 60.900714, -161.420974 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9007&lon=-161.4210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5148/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - disconnected (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - company-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIR TAXI PILOT LANDED LONG AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. A 30-40 KT GUSTY CROSSWIND AND TURBULENCE EXISTED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE AND SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION FOUND THE COTTER PIN MISSING FROM THE LEFT RUDDER/BRAKE PEDAL. THIS HAD ALLOWED THE PEDAL RETAINING SHAFT TO PARTIALLY BACK OUT, AND THE ASSEMBLY TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. THE MISSING COTTER PIN WAS NOT FOUND. THE PIC WAS BEING PAID A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS INCOME EARNED BY THE AIRCRAFT HE FLEW. IF THE TRIP WAS NOT COMPLETED, HE DID NOT GET PAID.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N449SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52854
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Seagull Air Service Inc.
- Registered owner: Seagull Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 3, 1988, 31 hours before
- Departed: AK86, NAPAKIAK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: Z13, Akiachak, runway 28, 1,900 × 40 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,055 total, 575 in this make and model, 900 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 77 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881010053299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881010053299A), Oct 10, 1988: Cessna STC182, Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. Short takeoff landing (stol) aircraft overran runway in severe crosswind. Also the left brake pedal pin came out.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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