- Date
- August 4, 1975
- Place
- Sitka, AK · SITKA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87STCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2564 75/8/4 NR.SITKA,AK CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4000 TIME - 1930 N87ST PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1610 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SITKA,AK KELP BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LND IN WAKE OF BARGE. HIT BOOM STICK MOORED TO LOG BOOM WITH R FLOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87ST
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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