# NTSB ANC66D0024: Cessna 185, N1632Z, Suntrana, AK, August 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1965
- Place: Suntrana, AK · SUNTRANA, AK
- Location: 63.8542° N, 148.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suntrana, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8542&lon=-148.8483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC66D0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66D0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2457  65/8/19    SUNTRANA ALAS       CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1400
        TIME - 1730                    N1632Z              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - USIBELLI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: ABORTED
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- SECONDARY STOP PIN ON SEAT TRACK MISSING SEAT MOVED BACK CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1632Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1632Z-2017-06-22), registration cancelled 2017-06-22, S/N 1850432, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 185A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (registry code 2072804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Usibelli

## Other investigations on N1632Z (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 ANC68D0064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC68D0064), May 27, 1967: Cessna 185 (N1632Z), Kaltag, AK, substantial damage

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.

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