- Date
- December 14, 1991, 13:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2212TCessna 185
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19911214056249A
- Case key
- 5676
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall while maneuvering for a precautionary landing. Factors include a partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and inadequate altitude for the maneuver.
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 accident airplane had just taken off behind another airplane, both with a special VFR clearance. The pilot stated that after reaching about 350 feet AGL, because of the low clouds, he began to lose sight of the other airplane. When he reduced power to stop the climb, the engine sputtered. He attempted to execute a steep 180 degree descending turn for a precautionary landing into the wind. The airplane hit the water in a nose low attitude before the turn was completed. No problems were found with the engine or airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2212T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1364
- Airframe hours
- 7,184
- Engine
- Continental I0-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald O'Brien Salazar, doing business as Ketchikan Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gerald O'Brien Salazar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 1991 · 77 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 5KE · Ketchikan Seaplane Base, runway 33, 10,000 × 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 400 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 1 nm away
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 N2212T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.