- Date
- January 7, 1972
- Place
- Haines, AK · HAINES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1688ZCessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1276 72/1/7 HAINES,ALAS CESSNA 185A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 8584 TIME - 1345 N1688Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 4450 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAINES ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JUNEAU,ALAS HAINES,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- CIG,VSBY VRBL.LNDD DWNWND DUE SNW SQAL OTR END OF RWY.2IN SNW ON RWY.WIND GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1688Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haines Arpt
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Other investigations on N1688Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC84LA191Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMt Plummer, AKThe plt stated that while landing in a crosswind, he ground looped the airplane. The acft departed the airstrip surface and rolled off the mountainside backward.NTSB ANC83LA185Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAniak, AKThe plt was taking off from a strip near a camp site. Reportedly, the strip was located on a hill (level bench area) & was oriented generally in a north/south direction. The plt reported that the wind was from 080 deg at about 15 gusting 18 KTS. The acft was…NTSB ANC81DA065Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBethel, AK