- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Coronation Is, AK · CORONATION IS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N774SBCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704042869A
- Case key
- 140424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4366 78/7/4 CORONATION IS,AK CESSNA A185F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4275 TIME - UNK/NR N774SB PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETHICAN,AK SITKA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.FLOAT SUBMERGED DURING EXTENDED TAXI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N774SB
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.