- Date
- March 10, 1986, 18:20 local (Mar 11, 1986, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- La Conner, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N388CStinson 108-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860310021849A
- Case key
- 40275
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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
Plt was on approach for water landing in a canal used during previous summer for floatplane ops at dusk. Plt was looking for a specific boat moored in canal as landing mark, extended approach path beyond normal touchdown point. Acft struck telephone cable spanning canal severing vertical tail and throwing acft out of control. Acft contacted water surface in aggravated skid, bounced onto shoreline, striking bystander.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N388C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-3388
- Airframe hours
- 4,285
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeff Koetje
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 7, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- S60 · Kenmore, 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,861 total · 9 in this make and model · 4,197 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N388C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.