ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289935
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 October 2022 |
| Time: | 17:58 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N217C |
| MSN: | 18503558 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5666 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO 520 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chena Marina Airport (AK28), Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chena Marina Airport, AK (AK28) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On October 05, 2022, about 1758 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 185F, N217C, was not damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot of the float-equipped airplane was departing from a pond. He aborted the first attempt and was taxiing back to attempt a second takeoff. Witnesses saw the floats almost fully submerged under the water as the airplane taxied and stated that the pitch attitude of the airplane was unusually nose-low. The pilot reduced engine power and the airplane nosed over. The airplane was not damaged; however, several hundred pounds of unsecured cargo inside the airplane shifted during the nose-over and likely resulted in the pilot’s inability to egress and his subsequent drowning.
During a postaccident examination, two unsealed holes were found under the float bumpers that would have allowed water to enter the front compartment of each float. It is likely that the front compartments in both floats filled with water and resulted in the nose-over during taxi.
Probable Cause: The improperly maintained floats, which allowed water to fill the front compartments and resulted in the airplane nosing over during taxi. Contributing to the fatal injury of the pilot was the improperly secured cargo, which prevented the pilot from egressing the airplane following the nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106074
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N217C
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 1986 | N92BT | Magna Corporation | 0 | Slidell, LA | |
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NTSB investigating today's crash of a float-equipped Cessna 185 after take-off from Chena Marina Airport Float Pond in Fairbanks, Alaska.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) October 6, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2022 03:01 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Oct-2022 18:05 | shane | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 06-Oct-2022 18:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Oct-2022 20:32 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative, Category] |
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