- Date
- November 19, 1979
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4711QCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791119029849A
- Case key
- 202522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3978 79/11/19 BARROW,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N4711Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 59, 15900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY-POST MUNI. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATKASUK,AK BARROW,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 18000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 0 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 19 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4711Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiley-Post Muni.
N4711QRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2013 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.