- Date
- July 11, 1980
- Place
- False Island, AK · FALSE ISLAND, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4960ECessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800711040929A
- Case key
- 129881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1531 80/7/11 NR.FALSE ISLAND,AK CESSNA A185F CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 6050 TIME - 1313 N4960E PX- 0 1 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SITKA,AK RETURN FALSE ISLAND,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLTS IN VICINITY STATED PATCHES OF FOG AT APPROX 1000FT IN RODMAN PASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4960E
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.