- Date
- August 16, 1982, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79SCCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820816038479A
- Case key
- 71929
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 of the float plane began his takeoff from a narrow river with a left turn at the lift-off point. After becoming airborne and while turning, the right wing struck a branch. The pilot stated that the aircraft came to rest in the trees, upside down. Also, he suggested that he was a bit overconfident in his ability to perform the takeoff in that aircraft under the circumstances.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185246
- Airframe hours
- 2,515
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Warren Linden Huppi
- Registered owner
- Warren Linden Huppi
- Departed
- Near Skwentna, AK
- Destination
- Talachulitna Ri, AK
- Airport
- Narrow River
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
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 N79SC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.