- Date
- December 6, 1979
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N84627Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791206032669A
- Case key
- 134903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2886 79/12/6 WRANGELL,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6700 TIME - 1545 N84627 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WRANGELL SEAPLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRADFIELD CANAL WRANGELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- AMPHIBIOUS/FLOAT EQUIPPED.L MAIN GEAR,PISTON ROD UNSCREWED FROM UPPER SHOCK STRUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84627
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wrangell Seaplane
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.