- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N70269Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015043689A
- Case key
- 138286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3695 78/10/15 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 27000 TIME - UNK/NR N70269 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KETCHIKAN,AK RETURN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED-RECOVERY DATE 10/19/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70269
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N70269Registration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N70269 · 1
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