- Date
- December 27, 1977
- Place
- Mt.Susitna, AK · MT.SUSITNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1553FCessna 185D
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771227043019A
- Case key
- 143948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4088 77/12/27 MT.SUSITNA,AK CESSNA 185D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 7200 TIME - 1800 N1553F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK SKWENTNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT REMARKS- PILOT STATES THAT HE APPARENTLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1553F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185D
- 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.