- Date
- June 15, 1976
- Place
- Vakutat, AK · VAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70148Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760615019699A
- Case key
- 154553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1542 76/6/15 VAKUTAT,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2177 TIME - 1900 N70148 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAKUTAT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YAKUTAT,AK RETURN FISH CAMP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WATER SAND DIRT & IRON IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70148
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yakutat
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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.
Other investigations on N70148 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC91LA074Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKing Salmon, AKFuel exhaustion, the pilot's inadequate preflight and the inadequate fuel consumption calculations. Contributing to the accident was the soft terrain, and tundra.NTSB ANC80DA086Accident · No injuriesClosedEek, AKNTSB ANC75AA081Accident · No injuriesClosedJuneau, AK