- Date
- October 5, 1991, 19:00 local (Oct 6, 1991, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Amber Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1681RCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19911005045059A
- Case key
- 5662
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was 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 air taxi pilot stated that when he was about 200 feet into the landing roll on the beach, the airplane's left wing abruptly lifted and the airplane nosed over. He thought the approximately 10 knot left crosswind had briefly changed to a tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1681R
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502404
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Windy'S Mag Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Windy'S Mag Air, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 5NJ · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Amber Bay, AK
- 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
- 65
- 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
- 14,848 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 14,800 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.