ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380907
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Date: | Thursday 8 September 1983 |
Time: | 18:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 185 |
Owner/operator: | Audi Air Service |
Registration: | N93282 |
MSN: | 18503209 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2218 hours |
Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kaktovik, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Caribou, AK |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS LOADED WITH 3 HUNTERS & THEIR GEAR FOR A FLT FROM CARIBOU PASS TO THE BARTER ISLAND DEW STATION ARPT. REPORTEDLY, HE HAD OPERATED IN & OUT OF THE AREA ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH SIMILAR LOADS & CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF DOWNHILL & INTO A SLIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND, USING SHORT FIELD PROCEDURES & 20 DEG OF FLAPS. HE REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS BARELY FLYING AT THE 'CUTOFF POINT' & HE ELECTED TO USE FULL FLAPS. AT SOME POINT AFTER LIFT-OFF, HE MADE A 90 DEG TURN DOWNRIVER, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED & THE GEAR CONTACTED THE TERRAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED, THE WING TIP & PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC83LA165 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC83LA165
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