ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360342
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 June 1994 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | Taquan Air |
| Registration: | N4471R |
| MSN: | 18502964 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12569 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kassan Bay, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Ketchikan, AK (KTN) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE PARALLEL TO THE SWELLS AND AS IT SLOWED DOWN, IT WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE PITCHED UP AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT WING, THE DOWNWIND WING, STRUCK THE WATER. THE SWELLS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 1 TO 2 FEET AND THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND. FACTORS WERE THE ROUGH WATER AND THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC94LA067
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 February 1997 | N4471R | Private | 0 | Ketchikan, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 20:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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