# NTSB ANC82DA018: Cessna 185, N8456Q, Fort Yukon, AK, February 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1982, 14:11 local (18:11 UTC)
- Place: Fort Yukon, AK
- Coordinates: 66.559165, -145.249755 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5592&lon=-145.2498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA018

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8456Q), registered now, S/N 18503707, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503701
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820209003149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820209003149A), Feb 9, 1982: Cessna A185F, Ft Yukon, AK, Substantial damage. Aircrafts ski hit object during taxi for takeoff causing airplane to flip inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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