ANC70AA086

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 185 · Ketchikan, AK · June 8, 1970

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 8, 1970
Place
Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N1523FCessna 185
Status
Completed · report August 25, 1970
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
126150

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0772   70/6/8    KETCHIKAN,ALAS      CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1530                    N1523F              PX-  0  0  1  AIR TAXI-PASSG            27, 3153 TOTAL HOURS, 185
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COPPERMOUNT,ALAS            KETCHIKAN,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- LANDED IN HARBOR.HIT BOAT WHILE TAXIING TO DOCK.

Aircraft

Registration
N1523F
Reported as
Cessna 185
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Ketchikan

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.