- Date
- June 13, 1967
- Place
- King Salmon, AK · KING SALMON, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1609ZCessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4566 67/6/13 NR.KING SALMON,ALAS CESSNA 185A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2000 TIME - 1730 N1609Z PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 885 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.5 CYLINDER FAILED. LANDED IN TUNDRA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1609Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1609ZRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2011 · Cessna 185AAirframe modelCessna 185AEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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