- Date
- December 6, 1988, 15:36 local (23:36 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N46602Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881206069219A
- Case key
- 40961
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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Analysis
The pilot had planned to taxi the floatplane from one ramp to another for the purpose of obtaining an annual inpn & to dock the plane at better facilities. She found the float rudder pulley to be inoperative. A decision was then made to fly the plane from its original ramp to the new location. During a turn to reverse direction at about 150 to 200 ft AGL,the aircraft 'quit flying' & descended to the water.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46602
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052429
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R25, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Debbie S. White
- Registered owner
- White Construction, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1988 · 102 hours before
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 134 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.