19791119029849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Barrow, AK · November 19, 1979

Date
November 19, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place
Barrow, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4711Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80FA003
Reported as
Cessna 185
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,900 total1,200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into snow covered ground at night entering control zone. Failed to observe altimeter.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SNOW COVERED GROUND AT NIGHT ENTERING CONTROL ZONE. FAILED TO OBSERVE ALTIMETER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.