- Date
- August 4, 1977
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3359LCessna 185E
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770804027499A
- Case key
- 146219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2090 77/8/4 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK CESSNA 185E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N3359L PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 33, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5025 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELICOPTER LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK KETCHIKAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN LIFT-OFF FRM 4000FT LAKE IN BASIN SURROUNDED ON 3 SIDES BY MTNS.D/A APRX 4700FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3359L
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Helicopter Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3359L · 3
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