ANC80FA043

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 185F · Anchorage, AK · May 4, 1980

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
May 4, 1980
Place
Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N93130Cessna 185F
Status
Completed · report September 12, 1980
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19800504011509A
Case key
130410

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1734   80/5/4  NR.ANCHORAGE,AK       CESSNA 185F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1000
        TIME - 1037                    N93130              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         ANCHORAGE,AK                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
        REMARKS- SEVERE EMPHYSEMA WITH SUSPECTED PNEUMOTHORAX AND SUBSEQUENT DECOMPENSATION.

Aircraft

Registration
N93130
Reported as
Cessna 185F
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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