- Date
- September 21, 1976
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4923CCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3943 76/9/21 BETHEL,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2174 TIME - 1745 N4923C PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETHEL SEADROME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,AK EEK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SMALL BOAT ON RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4923C
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bethel Seadrome
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