19791130033089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Kenai, AK · November 30, 1979

Date
November 30, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N522VA
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80DAG15
Reported as
Cessna 185
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,052 total150 in this make and model68 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.

Pilot tried to land on a 600 foot long l shaped gravel bar. Aircraft struck snowbank, nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED TO LAND ON A 600 FOOT LONG L SHAPED GRAVEL BAR. AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOWBANK, NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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