- Date
- September 23, 1991, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Koliganek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21753Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910923042819A
- Case key
- 5624
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed. Contributing to the accident was the unfavorable wind conditions.
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 reported that just after liftoff from the water, he encountered a changing wind condition that caused the airplane to settle back onto the water. With insufficient stopping room on the lake, he jerked the airplane back into the air in order to clear the 4 to 6 foot high shoreline. The airplane then settled to the ground and nosed over about 40 yards from the lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21753
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503066
- Airframe hours
- 2,120
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- William H. Woodin, doing business as 4 W Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- William H. Woodin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1991 · 82 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,933 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,838 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21753 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.