ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357455
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| Date: | Friday 3 May 1996 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | Mike Mcdowell |
| Registration: | N70039 |
| MSN: | 18501910 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kodiak, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whiskey Gulch, AK |
| Big River, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot landed the airplane to the north on a beach. He described the wind as being from his left. He said that as the airplane slowed, he felt the right wheel start dragging. The airplane then ground looped and nosed over.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions. Factors associated with the accident were the soft terrain at the landing site, and a crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC96LA068
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 2010 | N70039 | Wight John I | 0 | 5 miles west of Ophir, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 18:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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