- Date
- August 7, 1983, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Blakely Island, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22BHRepublic RC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830807041399A
- Case key
- 39749
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that when he was on a short final approach to rwy 01, he encountered windshear at about 100 ft AGL. A rapid sink rate was encountered & he was unable to fully recover. Subsequently, the acft touched down hard in a level attitude. The gear was sheared & the fuselage was split by impact, rupturing the fuel tank. A fire ensued & the aircraft was destroyed. According to the pilot, wind shear was encountered near a cliff at the approach end of rwy 1. He reported that the wind sock at the approach end of the rwy was limp, while the wind sock for rwy 19 indicated a wind from the north at 15 to 20 KTS. Reportedly, there was a strong southerly wind at the water level about 1/4 mi from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22BH
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 889
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John G. Fischer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983
- Departed
- Lake Samamish, WA
- Destination
- S08 · Blakely Island, WA
- Airport
- SO8 · Blakely Island, runway 1, 2,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 919 total · 172 in this make and model · 767 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.