- Date
- December 15, 1981
- Place
- Mt Mckinley, AK · MT MCKINLEY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4311RCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811215078919A
- Case key
- 122674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3660 81/12/15 MT MCKINLEY,AK CESSNA 185 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1157 TIME - 1330 N4311R PX- 2 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 545 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TALKEETNA,AK ROUND ROBIN & RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ENCTRD DWNDFT WHILE APCHG MTN PASS.WND AT TALKEENA 360 DEG AT 7 GSTG 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4311R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4311R · 2
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