Beechcraft C45H N3120G

Summary

On 27 September 1982 at about 15:05 local time, a Beechcraft C45H registered N3120G, operated by Lloyd F. Hardy, was involved in an accident near Near Deering, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 September 1982 at 15:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Deering, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

66.0909, -162.7608

Aircraft

Beechcraft C45H

Registration

N3120G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Lloyd F. Hardy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nome → Kotzebue

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC82DA100

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT SLID WHEELS UP INTO A LAKE DURING A ONE-ENGINE FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND WAS NOT RECOVERED BUT ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO REACH SHORE UNINJURED. THE PILOT SAID THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CRUISE AND HE ELECTED TO SHUT IT DOWN. DURING THE SHUT-DOWN HE FAILED TO ADD POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE IN TIME TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. BY THE TIME HE ADDED POWER THE AIRSPEED WAS BELOW 100 KNOTS AND THE ALTITUDE LESS THAN 800 AGL. THE PILOT COMMITTED HIMSELF TO A LANDING IN THE TUNDRA WHEELS UP AND SLID INTO THE LAKE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.