- Date
- February 28, 1982, 10:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4787ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228001219A
- Case key
- 72362
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Analysis
The student and instructor were practicing water landings on lake sammamish near Redmond, WA. The winds were initially calm. On the second landing, it was noted that the wind began to pick up. Reportedly, wind shear was encountered during final approach for the third landing. A high sink rate developed and the plane landed hard. The front of the left float split open and filled with water. The aircraft slowly rolled over and sank.
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
- N4787E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271652
- Airframe hours
- 1,989
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenmore Air Harbor, Incorporat
- Registered owner
- Kenmore Air Harbor, Incorporat
- Departed
- S60 · Kenmore, WA
- Destination
- S60 · Kenmore, WA
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,480 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,210 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.