ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356223
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| Date: | Sunday 23 February 1997 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4471R |
| MSN: | 18502964 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ketchikan, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (5KE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was landing a float equipped airplane near an ocean bay. Small ocean swells were present in the area of intended landing. The pilot indicated that during the landing approach, the descent rate was excessive, and she added full power to begin a go-around. The airplane continued to descend and the floats firmly contacted the water. The airplane then lifted off the water, and the pilot noticed the upper right door hinge was broken. The airplane was not flown again or inspected until 3 months later. The inspection facility noticed wrinkling and distortion of the lower fuselage, aft of the firewall and under the doors of the airplane. All of the airplane's door hinges were broken. Additional wrinkling was observed above the baggage door, under the aft window. The inspection facility considered the airplane as unairworthy.
Probable Cause: the pilot allowed an excessive rate of descent to develope during an approach to land, and delayed in initiating a go-around.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC97LA078
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1994 | N4471R | Taquan Air | 0 | Kassan Bay, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 20:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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