- Date
- November 12, 1976
- Place
- Wiseman, AK · WISEMAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53079Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761112035459A
- Case key
- 156560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3948 76/11/12 WISEMAN,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2257 TIME - 1545 N53079 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WISEMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISEMAN,AK BETTLES,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- MAIL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53079
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiseman
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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 N53079 · 2
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