- Date
- November 7, 1976
- Place
- Ambler, AK · AMBLER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1690ZCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761107042209A
- Case key
- 156595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3891 76/11/7 NR.AMBLER,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5282 TIME - 1600 N1690Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1738 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMBLER,AK AMBLER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- DEEP SNOW ON LANDING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1690Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1690Z · 2
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