- Date
- May 10, 1988, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mercer Island, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1701RCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880510037819A
- Case key
- 40815
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 collision with object
Object - submerged objectCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - encounteredCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft struck a log while landing on the water. The aircraft then nosed over inverted and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1701R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502324
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Don A. Buckner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1988
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- Lake Washington, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,661 total · 136 in this make and model · 1,642 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.