- Date
- September 4, 1991, 18:20 local (Sep 5, 1991, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N243PCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910904040729A
- Case key
- 5617
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain proper airspeed. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions and the unfavorable wind.
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 had just lifted off the water when the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane then stalled and crashed on the tundra. After ground impact, the airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N243P
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50743
- Airframe hours
- 4,304
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence C. Asplund
- Registered owner
- Lawrence C. Asplund
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1991 · 150 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- H Marker Lake, runway 22, 1,100 × 0 ft, water
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,280 total · 1,203 in this make and model · 2,240 as pilot in command · 328 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.