- Date
- July 11, 1984, 16:55 local (Jul 12, 1984, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61509Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840711064109A
- Case key
- 39813
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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 engine quit due to fuel starvation shortly after takeoff. The pilot had selected an empty tank. He then switched tanks but flooded the engine as a result of not following procedures in the aircraft manual. Unable to glide to an appropriate landing site, he landed in unsuitable terrain. The floats collided with hidded obstructions and the aircraftnosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61509
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504221
- Airframe hours
- 4,468
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aviaton Associates, Ltd., doing business as Westflight Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Max A. & Emily I. Lukin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 2, 1984 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- 5KE · Ketchikan, AK
- Destination
- Clover Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Ketchekan International
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 4,800 in this make and model · 8,700 as pilot in command · 275 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 2 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.