- Date
- June 20, 1976
- Place
- Merrill Pass, AK · MERRILL PASS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1145FCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760620018269A
- Case key
- 154364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1805 76/6/20 MERRILL PASS,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 2072 TIME - 1500 N1145F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 272 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASSILLA,AK MERRILL PASS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON SAND BAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1145F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.