- Date
- May 16, 1966
- Place
- Iliamna, AK · ILIAMNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9962XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3328 66/5/16 NR.ILIAMNA ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2300 TIME - 1600 N9962X PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK SUBMERGED SAND BAR DURING A WATER LANDING NEAR THE MOUTH OF A RIVER AT LOW TIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9962X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9962X · 3
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