- Date
- June 19, 1981
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1688ZCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810619034149A
- Case key
- 125151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1826 81/6/19 NR.BETHEL,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1580 TIME - 1330 N1688Z PX- 0 1 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 306 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,AK BETHEL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX HARD OF HEARING,WALKED FWD ON R FLOAT TO SECURE FLOATPLANE TO RVR BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1688Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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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.
Other investigations on N1688Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC84LA191Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMt Plummer, AKThe plt stated that while landing in a crosswind, he ground looped the airplane. The acft departed the airstrip surface and rolled off the mountainside backward.NTSB ANC83LA185Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAniak, AKThe plt was taking off from a strip near a camp site. Reportedly, the strip was located on a hill (level bench area) & was oriented generally in a north/south direction. The plt reported that the wind was from 080 deg at about 15 gusting 18 KTS. The acft was…NTSB ANC72FAD02Accident · No injuriesClosedHaines, AK