- Date
- August 30, 1982, 19:45 local (Aug 31, 1982, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clarks Point, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3357SCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820830045519A
- Case key
- 70258
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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 aircraft was observed flying at low altitude near the shore line of the bay near Clarks Point. At one Point in the flight, which had been erratic since takeoff, the aircraft pulled up into a vertical climb stalled and spun to the water. The pilot was a student pilot with little experience. No malfunctions of the equipment was found. Two toxicological examinations of the pilot's blood were made, one indicated 0.208% alcohol, the other indicated an alcohol level of 226MG/DL. There was no record of the pilot having flown between 5/19/82 and 8/30/83. The student had not been endorsed or approved to fly the Cessna 180/185 airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3357S
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502279
- Airframe hours
- 973
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D(24), 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Theron John Thorson
- Registered owner
- Theron John Thorson
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- CLP · Clarks Point, runway 26, 2,730 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 5 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.