- Date
- June 19, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54274Cessna 172PII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830619027639A
- Case key
- 39715
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The float plane overturned during a glassy water landing. The acft was damaged but the pilot and passenger were not injured. The weather was VMC and no flt plan was filed. According to the pilot while attempting to land,the acft contacted the water in a nose low attitude and twisted in a clockwise direction. The right float filled with water and the pilot and passenger donned life vests. Both occupants exited the left door of the acft. The acft rolled over inverted and filled with water. Only the bottom of the floats were visible on the waters surface.
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
- N54274
- Reported as
- Cessna 172PII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274939
- Airframe hours
- 642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John F. Sullivan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 18, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- WA47 · Renton, WA
- Destination
- WA47 · Renton, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 13 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 7 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.