- Date
- October 8, 1989, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rockwood, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7321HCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891008039439A
- Case key
- 36565
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the gusting crosswind. Contributing factor(s) was: the wind conditions and the pilot's selection of a touchdown point.
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
After the float equipped Cessna touched down on a lake, a gust of wind raised the left wing, allowing the right wing to catch the water and cartwheel the airplane. The pilot reported that the gust appeared to have come from the mouth of a river adjoining the lake, and that he should have touched down before the mouth of the river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7321H
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503361
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne J. Kellenberger
- Departed
- Rockwood, ME
- Airport
- Moosehead Lake
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 382 total · 202 in this make and model · 323 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °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.