# NTSB SEA87LA078: Cessna 185, N1774R, Burnett Inlet, AK, April 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 12, 1987, 16:50 local (Apr 13, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Burnett Inlet, AK
- Coordinates: 56.410499, -131.609237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4105&lon=-131.6092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40610/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA078

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1774R-2011-12-05), registration cancelled 2011-12-05, S/N 18502493, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 185024931
- Airframe hours: 8500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870412049129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870412049129A), Apr 12, 1987: Cessna A185F, Burnett Inlet, AK, Substantial damage. The float equipped aircraft made a water landing with the wheels down. The aircraft nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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