- Date
- June 21, 1975
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1750RCessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750621026579A
- Case key
- 149269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1827 75/6/21 BETTLES,AK CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4800 TIME - 1317 N1750R PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETTLES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETTLES,AK AMBLER LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT STATED FELT WND REDUCE AT ROTATION..FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1750R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bettles Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1750R · 1
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