- Date
- July 24, 1994, 09:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1758RCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19940724019009A
- Case key
- 2529
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the landing flare. A factor in the accident was the glassy water.
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 attempted to land his float equipped airplane on glassy water. The airplane contacted the water prematurely in a flat attitude, swerved to the right, and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 1994, at 0940 Alaska daylight time, a float equipped Cessna model A185F airplane, N1758R, registered to and operated by the pilot-in-command, nosed over during landing on Campbell Lake located near the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. The private certificated pilot and his one passenger, the sole occupants, were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The pleasure flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, last departed Sand Lake at 0930 and the destination was Campbell Lake. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and there was no flight plan in effect.
On the morning of July 24, 1994, the NTSB investigator-in- charge conducted a telephone interview with the pilot. The pilot said that he made a westerly approach to the lake with full flaps and normal approach speed. The flat light condition and calm glassy water affected his depth perception. The plane contacted the water prematurely in a flat attitude, slued sideways to the right, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1758R
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502478
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hulbert, Ward A.
- Registered owner
- Hulbert, Ward A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1994 · 28 hours before
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 700 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Observed at
- EEN
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 N1758R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.