- Date
- September 8, 1989, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Klawock, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2582PConsolidated Aeronautics LAKE-LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890908034139A
- Case key
- 41074
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot misjudged the aircraft height above water while attempting to land on a lake. A contributing factor was the smooth, glassy water surface conditions on the lake.
Analysis
The pilot was flying a VFR traffic pattern for landing on a lake that had smooth, glassy surface conditions. While turning from base leg to final approach, he misjudged the aircraft height above the water, the left wing impacted water, and the aircraft cartwheeled. About 5 min after coming to rest, the aircraft sank in water that was about 50 ft deep.
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
- N2582P
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics LAKE-LA-4-200 (LAKE-LA-4-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 875
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roscoe E. Barrett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Kasaan, AK
- Airport
- Salmom Lake
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,015 total · 117 in this make and model · 875 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 34 nm away
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 N2582P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.