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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Little Delta Ri, AK · September 16, 1987

Date
September 16, 1987 · 20:30 local
Place
Little Delta Ri, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9914X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87LA157
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO470F
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
634 total198 in this make and model116 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.

On takeoff aircraft climbed above tree level then settled and crashed past end of runway. Cause unknown.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT CLIMBED ABOVE TREE LEVEL THEN SETTLED AND CRASHED PAST END OF RUNWAY. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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