ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365265
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Date: | Friday 24 May 1991 |
Time: | 20:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 185 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4649E |
MSN: | 18503830 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1045 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sterling, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Seldovia, AK (SOV) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND WITNESSES ON THE RIVERBANK, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT FLOAT STRUCK AND BECAME LODGED ON A ROCK DURING THE POST LANDING TAXI. WHILE THE PILOT WAS STANDING ON THE FLOAT AND ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE AIRPLANE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE TURNING PROPELLER. THE PILOT, AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, LOST THREE FINGERS FROM HIS LEFT HAND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC91LA063 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91LA063
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Revision history:
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