- Date
- February 9, 1982, 14:11 local (18:11 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Yukon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8456QCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820209003149A
- Case key
- 70728
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had landed the wheel/ski equipped aircraft at a field site to pick-up a passenger. While taxiing in snow, estimated to be 14 to 15 inches deep, the right ski hit something in the snow and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8456Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503701
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wright Air Service
- Registered owner
- Wright Air Service
- Departed
- Fort Yukon, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 24,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 20,500 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.