- Date
- August 16, 1979
- Place
- Sheldons Point, AK · SHELDONS POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70048Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790816022719A
- Case key
- 134123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2324 79/8/16 SHELDONS POINT,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2580 TIME - 1630 N70048 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 404 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELDONS POINT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.MICHEALS,AK. SHELDONS POINT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- NEW RWY UNUSABLE DUE SOFT SPOTS.PLT NOT AWARE ARPT STILL CLOSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70048
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sheldons Point
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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.