ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366329
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1990 |
| Time: | 20:58 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | Clifton, Jesse |
| Registration: | N185GJ |
| MSN: | 18502672 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nenana, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A WATER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE FLOATPLANE & IT COLLIDED WITH A BANK. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND. THE PILOT SUBMITTED TO AN ALCOHOL INTOXIMETER TEST ABOUT 24 MIN AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE TEST INDICATED A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 269 MG% (0.269%).
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT, DUE TO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC90LA152
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1977 | N4974C | Frontier Flyin | 1 | Bettles, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 19:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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