- Date
- June 15, 1965
- Place
- Cold Bay, AK · COLD BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4177YCessna 185S
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2721 65/6/15 COLD BAY ALAS CESSNA 185S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 10000 TIME - 1600 N4177Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-RIGHT FLOAT PUNCTURED BY UNKNOWN OBJECT. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4177Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 185S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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