- Date
- May 24, 1991, 22:45 local (May 25, 1991, 06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Larsen Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4851XRockwell S-2R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910524017099A
- Case key
- 5546
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue VFR into IMC conditions and failure to maintain proper altitude. Contributing to the accident was the low ceiling and fog.
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 airplane crashed 1 mile offshore and sank into 185 feet of water. At the time of the accident, the weather was indefinite ceiling 100 feet obscured, visibility 1 mile, fog. Witnesses stated the airplane was flying low, close to the water when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4851X
- Reported as
- Rockwell S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2037R
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward Herzog
- Registered owner
- Edward Herzog
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Larsen Bay, 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.