- Date
- January 21, 1976
- Place
- Homer, AK · HOMER, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70488Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760121006219A
- Case key
- 152724
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0465 76/1/21 HOMER,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 650 TIME - 1420 N70488 PX- 0 3 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 425 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,AK SELDOVA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-PROPELLER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- TRIED TO RET TO FLD. SETTLED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70488
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Homer
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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.