- Date
- September 5, 1998, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oroville, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52130Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980905022789A
- Case key
- 43901
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to establish and maintain proper alignment.
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
The pilot-in-command reported that 'he was landing south on the lake and that the crosswind conditions were not strong. Upon landing the left wing contacted the water and the aircraft spun around and then overturned.' The pilot also confirmed no aircraft component malfunction or failure during the event.
Factual narrative
On September 5, 1998, approximately 1320 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 180J floatplane, N52130, registered to Eugenia Burke, and being operated/flown by a private pilot, incurred substantial damage when the pilot dragged the left wingtip and float while landing on Oysoyoos Lake, Oroville, Washington. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from the accident site approximately 10 minutes earlier.
The pilot reported to an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration's Spokane Flight Standards District that "he was landing south on the lake and that the crosswind conditions were not strong. Upon landing the left wing contacted the water and the aircraft spun around and then overturned. Both pilot and passenger exited without injuries." The pilot also confirmed no aircraft component malfunction or failure during the event.
The pilot reported on his submitted NTSB form 6120.1/2 that he was:
"1. Coming in for landing on glassy, smooth water." "2. Too much nose down." "3. Left float and left wingtip hit water." "4. Plane spun around and flipped over."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52130
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052512
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burke, Olaf, A.
- Registered owner
- Burke, Eugenia, A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 35 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMK, 30 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.