ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368693
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| Date: | Monday 29 May 1989 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185F |
| Owner/operator: | Doug Geeting Aviation |
| Registration: | N1047F |
| MSN: | 18502704 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5484 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kahiltna Glac, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Talkeetnna, AK (TKA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A VFR FINAL APPROACH TO A GLACIER THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A LOW FOG BANK. THE PILOT STATED, 'ON SHORT FINAL WITH FULL FLAPS AND A LOADED AIRCRAFT LANDING AT THIS LOCATION, A GO AROUND IS IMPOSSIBLE, I WAS COMMITTED TO LAND. UPON DESCENDING FURTHER I FOUND MYSELF IN A GROUND FOG AND LOST GROUND CONTACT....THE LANDING WAS HARD AND ON A STEEPER PART OF THE GLACIER IN DEEP SNOW AND TO THE LEFT OF THE USUAL TOUCHDOWN POINT.' ON LANDING THE GEAR BOXES BROKE, THE RIGHT SKI CAME OFF AND COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND THE PROPELLER CAME OFF THE ENGINE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO A LANDING BEFORE COMPLETING AN EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER IN THE VICINITY OF THE LANDING SITE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SNOWBANK OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH WHICH THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC89LA081
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1984 | N1047F | Talkeetna Air Taxi, Inc. | 0 | Talkeetna, AK | |
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| 25 May 1995 | N1047F | Doug Geeting Aviation | 0 | Talkeetna, AK | |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 06:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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