- Date
- September 6, 1970
- Place
- Summit, AK · SUMMIT, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5812JCessna 185E
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2270 70/9/6 NR.SUMMIT,ALAS CESSNA 185E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 526 TIME - 1530 N5812J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEADMAN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMMIT,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 40K. FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5812J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deadman Lake
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Other investigations on N5812J · 1
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