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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Anchorage, AK · March 31, 1996

Date
March 31, 1996 · 15:10 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Spb
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9875X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC96LA040
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO470F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total550 in this make and model5 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.

Ski equipped plane blown sideways taxiing on frozen lake after landing. Collapsed downwind ski. Wing and tail damage

As the FAA filed it

SKI EQUIPPED PLANE BLOWN SIDEWAYS TAXIING ON FROZEN LAKE AFTER LANDING. COLLAPSED DOWNWIND SKI.WING AND TAIL DAMAGE

NTSB investigation

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