- Date
- November 20, 1970
- Place
- Glenallen, AK · GLENALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9974XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1133 70/11/20 GLENALLEN,ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5026 TIME - 1515 N9974X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1320 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE LOUISE,ALAS GLENALLEN,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- R SKI BROKE THRU ICE OF FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9974X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9974X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC91LA145Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTalkeetna, AKWas the pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft and unfavorable wind.NTSB ANC73DAG06Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AKNTSB ANC71FAG58Accident · No injuriesClosedGlenallen, AK