- Date
- April 12, 1987, 16:50 local (Apr 13, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Burnett Inlet, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1774RCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412049129A
- Case key
- 40610
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Wheels down landing in water - inadvertentCause
Terrain condition - water,glassy
Analysis
The plt left the landing gear in the down position after takeoff. During the water landing, with the gear in the down position, the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1774R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185024931
- Airframe hours
- 8,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- David Warner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1987
- Departed
- WRG · Wrangell, AK
- Destination
- Burnett Inlet, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
N1774RRegistration cancelled Dec 5, 2011 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,416 total · 117 in this make and model · 4,100 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.