# Accident 20000619042139A: Cessna 185E, Talkeetna, AK, June 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EMWC
- Location: 62.4509° N, 149.7908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4509&lon=-149.7908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1589F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1589F-2000-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185E (registry code 2072816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 9,094 total, 1,929 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00GA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00GA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000619042139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC00GA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00GA071), Jun 20, 2000: Cessna 185E (N1589F), Talkeetna, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N1589F (1)

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

- [Accident 19920620021349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920620021349A), Jun 20, 1992: Cessna 185E (N1589F), Sole Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Drifted on flare. Right wing hit beaver mound. Left wing hit water. Taxied to dock. Crosswind,narrow area factors.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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