- Date
- July 1, 1990, 17:30 local (Jul 2, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N185KACessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900701022979A
- Case key
- 5299
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow proper procedures and directives (excessive flaps); failure to operate the airplane within the allowable gross weight limitations; improper compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain minimum safe flying speed, resulting in a stall/mush.
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 elected to take off from a remote lake in gusty, turbulent wind conditions. The airplane was estimated to be 245 pounds over gross allowable weight, and only four seats and seat belts were available for the six people aboard. Witnesses said that the airplane was pulled off the lake abruptly and climbed at a steep attitude until approximately 20 feet AGL. The airplane then struck the water hard with the right float and turned upside down. Rescuers included a pilot/physician and lodge owner who promptly reached the scene and successfully administered cpr to an unconscious and not breathing adult female and male juvenile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N185KA
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503932
- Airframe hours
- 2,722
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kaylor, Ronald W.
- Registered owner
- Kaylor, Ronald W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1990 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Kokhanok Bay
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.