ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364966
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| Date: | Saturday 6 July 1991 |
| Time: | 14:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185A |
| Owner/operator: | Chitina Air Service |
| Registration: | N5081H |
| MSN: | 18503221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Valdez, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON REACHING THE 20 DEGREE FLAP POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE AIRPLANE RAPIDLY NOSED DOWN INTO AN ALMOST VERTICAL DIVE. FULL AFT ELEVATOR FAILED TO CHANGE THE PITCH ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED AND SANK IN WATER ABOUT 620 FEET DEEP AND WAS NOT RECOVERED. WHILE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD 'PITCHED DOWN' ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WHILE HE WAS FLYING IT, THE OWNER AND THREE OTHER PILOTS WHO HAD FLOWN IT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE FLEW NORMALLY.
Probable Cause: LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91FA090
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 20:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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