- Date
- June 20, 1980
- Place
- Emmonak, AK · EMMONAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N70412Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800620024419A
- Case key
- 130476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1679 80/6/20 EMMONAK,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 460 TIME - 1100 N70412 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMONAK SLOUGH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMMONAK,AK BLACK RIVER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SEVER TURBC DRG TKOF.FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70412
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Emmonak Slough
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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.