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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Cape Wales, AK · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981
Place
Cape Wales, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8626Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA102
Reported as
Cessna A185F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

VFR pilot departed without weather info into area of worsening weather. Indicates hit cliff. Wreckage fell into sea

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT DEPARTED WITHOUT WEATHER INFO INTO AREA OF WORSENING WEATHER. INDICATES HIT CLIFF. WRECKAGE FELL INTO SEA

NTSB investigation

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