- Date
- August 10, 1966
- Place
- Willow, AK · WILLOW, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4559FCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3976 66/8/10 WILLOW ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N4559F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF FROM WINDING SLOUGH.AIRCRAFT STRUCK SANDBAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4559F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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