- Date
- May 4, 1979
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93294Cessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0887 79/5/4 NR.ANCHORAGE,AK CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 6500 TIME - 1256 N93294 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1520 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- INSUFFICENT SKI TRIM ANGLE RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF AXLE BOLTS AND INFLT SEPARATION OF SKIS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93294
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage