ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74387
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| Date: | Thursday 23 December 1999 |
| Time: | 11:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A185E |
| Owner/operator: | Dennis Perry |
| Registration: | N70021 |
| MSN: | 18501896 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2902 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cordova, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Montague Island, AK |
| Seward, AK (SWD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The air taxi pilot was picking up two passengers from a remote beach site. The flight had been delayed for five days due to bad weather. The accident flight takeoff was attempted during an incoming tide. During the takeoff roll, a wave washed across the beach in front of the airplane. The pilot wrote in his NTSB Pilot/Operator Report that he was 'too slow to fly, and too fast to stop.' He said he rotated the airplane off the ground and applied additional flaps in an attempt to takeoff over the water. The airplane settled, the wheels contacted the water, and the airplane nosed over.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area during the incoming tide. Factors associated with the accident were the incoming tide wave, and the pressure induced by the delays encountered picking up the passengers.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA020
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 August 1986 | N70021 | Private | 0 | Talkeetna, AK | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2010 22:38 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Oct-2017 16:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 15:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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