- Date
- March 27, 1988, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10442Cessna 305-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327037789A
- Case key
- 40797
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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
Shortly after takeoff, at about 200 feet AGL, a total loss of power occurred. A forced landing was made onto a turf field next to the runway. During landing the aircraft nosed over inverted. The pilot stated to FAA inspectors that the aircraft had set outside with less than full fuel. The acft on the floats has a slightly nose low attitude which places water in the fuel tank away from the drain low point. The plts recommendation for prevention is to tilt the float plane to a flying attitude and then drain the fuel. Fuel samples taken after the acc snowed 20 percent water in the rt tank and in the carburetor. The plt stated that rain had seeped into the rt tank through the filler cap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10442
- Reported as
- Cessna 305-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22595
- Airframe hours
- 1,648
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-J, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J. Hilty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1987
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
- Airport
- S88 · Arlington Municipal Arpt, runway 11, 2,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 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 N10442 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.