- Date
- August 12, 1972
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4708QCessna A185E
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2304 72/8/12 BETTLES,ALAS CESSNA A185E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 917 TIME - 1315 N4708Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETTLES,ALAS LOON LAKE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRAINED TANKS PRIOR TO FLT.CRASHED ONTO ROCK SLIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4708Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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