- Date
- September 18, 1982, 19:30 local (Sep 19, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- 18nm Ese Ketchi, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46563Cessna C-180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820918049179A
- Case key
- 69628
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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 stated that he circled the lake prior to landing. There was no wind and the lake surface was glassy. During the final approach, the pilot encountered sun glare off the lake. The aircraft landed hard and the wing tips contacted the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46563
- Reported as
- Cessna C-180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052427
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- West Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc.
- Departed
- KTN · Ketchikan, AK
- Destination
- Notch Lake, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Notch Lake, runway 22, 4,000 × 500 ft, water
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 2,510 in this make and model · 4,900 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.