- Date
- June 23, 1973
- Place
- Aniak, AK · ANIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70096Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730623022699A
- Case key
- 190068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1857 73/6/23 ANIAK,ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 7055 TIME - 0100 N70096 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 6000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANIAK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARSHAL,ALAS ANIAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.UN REACH RIVER.PLT HAD 1 1/2 HRS REST IN LAST 48.MOISTURE IN DIST & FUEL INJ LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70096
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aniak
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.