- Date
- October 15, 1985, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Long Island, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72PRGrumman G21A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851015073569A
- Case key
- 40327
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Miscellaneous/other
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - water,roughCause
Weather evaluation - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While landing with three to four foot swells and when the aircraft was coming off the step, a wave struck the horizontal stabilizer and elevator causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72PR
- Reported as
- Grumman G21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1164
- Airframe hours
- 17,298
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Westflight Aviation, doing business as Westflight Aviation
- Registered owner
- Aviiation Associates, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- KTN · Ketchikan, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Long Island, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,750 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 8,400 as pilot in command · 360 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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