- Date
- February 5, 1984, 16:30 local (Feb 6, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4504NCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840205006799A
- Case key
- 39870
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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
During a water landing the acft was in turbulent crosswind conditions when the left float and wing dug into the water. The acft cartwheeled and came to rest with the right wingtip touching the bottom of the bay. The plt stated it would have been more prudent to land outside the harbor & taxi to his destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4504N
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502550
- Airframe hours
- 1,011
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-24, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold T. Wolfe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Port Ludlow, WA
- Destination
- Winslow, 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,400 total · 27 in this make and model · 9,175 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 22 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.