- Date
- October 17, 1991, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dog Salmon Riv, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2756JCessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5665
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft.
Analysis
The pilot stated that while on a slow shallow approach to a short landing strip, he encountered a downdraft just short of the strip. The airplane subsequently landed hard.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756J
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1506
- Airframe hours
- 1,786
- 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.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1991 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,370 total · 150 in this make and model · 4,370 as pilot in command · 188 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F