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FAA accident report · Cessna 185E · Talkeetna, AK · June 19, 2000

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Date
June 19, 2000 · 19:00 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EMWC
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1589F
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC00GA071
Reported as
Cessna 185E
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
9,094 total1,929 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days
N1589FRegistration cancelled Nov 2, 2000 · Cessna 185ES/N 185-0971Airframe modelCessna 185E

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What happened

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

(-23) The hudson air service pilot was enroute from Talkeetna to the 7,200-foot kahiltna base camp when he reported deteriorating weather conditions. He radioed another aircraft, mckinley air service, who was coming from the kahiltna base camp and requested a pilot report. The pilot reported that the weather was rapidly deteriorating and was returning back to the kahiltna base camp. The hudson pilot reported a break in the clouds to the west and planned to return to Talkeetna via the lacuna glacier route. A passenger on board his aircraft radioed the park service ranger station in Talkeetna and stated they were returning to Talkeetna. The wreckage of the hudson air service aircraft was spotted in a berry patch at the base of a scree slope at about 3,200 feet near the junction of the yentna and lacuna glaciers, west of mckinley's summit. It was in an area that reports indicated had been rocked by powerful electrical storms during the day and confirmed reports from a nearby lodge that up to 1/4 inch of hail had fallen about the same time. No signal was emitted from the ELT. On scene investigation indicated a post crash fire and that the wheel/ski equipped aircraft may have broken up in flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE HUDSON AIR SERVICE PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM TALKEETNA TO THE 7,200-FOOT KAHILTNA BASE CAMP WHEN HE REPORTED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HE RADIOED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, MCKINLEY AIR SERVICE, WHO WAS COMING FROM THE KAHILTNA BASE CAMP AND REQUESTED A PILOT REPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WEATHER WAS RAPIDLY DETERIORATING AND WAS RETURNING BACK TO THE KAHILTNA BASE CAMP. THE HUDSON PILOT REPORTED A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS TO THE WEST AND PLANNED TO RETURN TO TALKEETNA VIA THE LACUNA GLACIER ROUTE. A PASSENGER ON BOARD HIS AIRCRAFT RADIOED THE PARK SERVICE RANGER STATION IN TALKEETNA AND STATED THEY WERE RETURNING TO TALKEETNA. THE WRECKAGE OF THE HUDSON AIR SERVICE AIRCRAFT WAS SPOTTED IN A BERRY PATCH AT THE BASE OF A SCREE SLOPE AT ABOUT 3,200 FEET NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE YENTNA AND LACUNA GLACIERS, WEST OF MCKINLEY'S SUMMIT. IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT REPORTS INDICATED HAD BEEN ROCKED BY POWERFUL ELECTRICAL STORMS DURING THE DAY AND CONFIRMED REPORTS FROM A NEARBY LODGE THAT UP TO 1/4 INCH OF HAIL HAD FALLEN ABOUT THE SAME TIME. NO SIGNAL WAS EMITTED FROM THE ELT. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION INDICATED A POST CRASH FIRE AND THAT THE WHEEL/SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BROKEN UP IN FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ANC00GA071Accident · 4 fatalFinal reportTalkeetna, AKThe pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions and subsequent in-flight break-up. Factors in the accident were weather conditions consisting of low ceilings, turbulence, and an occluded front with convective activity, and inadequate…Jun 20, 2000 · Destroyed

Other reports on N1589F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19920620021349ALevel Off Touchdown · Sole Lake, AKDrifted on flare. Right wing hit beaver mound. Left wing hit water. Taxied to dock. Crosswind,narrow area factors.Jun 20, 1992 · Substantial damage