- Date
- September 26, 1990, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kingston, NH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2620YCessna 180E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900926042449A
- Case key
- 36507
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Probable cause
An inflight collision with water while maneuvering for a forced landing. A factor to the accident was a power loss due to the pilot's improper use of the mixture control.
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 float equipped airplane made a low pass over a lake. Power was added for a go around and the engine failed to respond. While maneuvering for the landing, the airplane contacted the lakes surface in an approximate 30 degrees nose down attitude with a 45 degree left bank. When interviewed after the accident, the pilot said the mixture was lean during the low pass and remained lean during power application. The engine was test run satisfactorily following the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2620Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051120
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth D. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Attitash, NH
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,962 total · 189 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °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 N2620Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.