ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367648
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 November 1989 |
| Time: | 04:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A-185-F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1920Q |
| MSN: | 18503502 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seattle, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AN UNAUTHORIZED FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE WAS LAST CLEARED TO LAND BY ATC. THE CONTROLLER LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE AND AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WAS MADE. THE AIRPLANE WAS LATER FOUND ABANDONED ON THE TAXIWAY JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS BEGINNING APRX 600 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD AND ENDING AT THE WRECKAGE WERE FOUND. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS RESTING ON THE LEFT WING. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BOTH BENT AND CURLED. THE PILOT WAS NEVER LOCATED AND THE OWNER REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE MUST HAVE BEEN STOLEN.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA90LA024
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 August 2019 | N1920Q | Acadian Seaplanes, LLC | 0 | Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base, Franklin County, ME | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 17:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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