# NTSB SEA82DA133: Cessna A185F, Friday Harbor, WA, August 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1982, 14:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Coordinates: 48.529079, -123.059974 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5291&lon=-123.0600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70762/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA133

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS MAKING A WATER LANDING, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL UNTIL AFTER TOUCHDOWN. AS THE ACFT DECELERATED "OFF THE STEP," THE RIGHT FLOAT ROSE OFF THE WATER AS IF IT ROAD OVER A SWELL OR ENCOUNTERED AN OBJECT. WHEN THE FLOAT CONTACTED THE WATER AGAIN, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL REPORTEDLY DUG INTO THE WATER. THE RIGHT WING TIP THEN CONTACTED THE WATER & THE ACFT PIVOTED 180 DEG BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE ACFT THEN OVERTURNED AS THE PILOT WAS EXITING. THE PLT STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS BOATS IN THE AREA & HE HAD TO SEQUENCE AMONG THEM DURING THE LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing
  - terrain condition - water,rough (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
- Nose over, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGZDT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503721
- Airframe hours: 1104
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: West Frazier Timber Co., Ltd
- Registered owner: West Frazier Timber Co., Ltd
- Departed: YYJ, VICTORIA
- Destination: 0J4, FLORALA, AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: WA24, Friday Harbor/Seaplane B., runway 12, 6,000 × 0 ft, water

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,640 total, 660 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 149 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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