- Date
- November 19, 1984, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56BKCessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841119074669A
- Case key
- 40090
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Analysis
The acft sank after a hard landing on water. The plt reported that the acft bounced during landing and the wind got under the upwind wing and rolled the acft. The wind was reported as 18 KTS with gusts to 25 KTS.
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.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather evaluation - inadequateCause
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Remedial action - delayedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56BK
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052358
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Manuel E. Hussman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- AK78 · Yes Bay, AK
- Airport
- Refuge Cove
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 500 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 18 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 8 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.