- Date
- August 23, 1965
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9966XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176287
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0046 65/8/23 BETTLES ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1853 N9966X PX- 0 0 3 AGE 43, 20951 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 7210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETTLES OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL OIL DRUMS WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9966X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bettles
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Other investigations on N9966X · 1
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