- Date
- January 20, 1983, 20:19 local (Jan 21, 1983, 00:19 UTC)
- Place
- Nyac, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N61764Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830120001169A
- Case key
- 4067
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 crashed after colliding with a tree near the destination airport at Nyac, AK. The pilot had tried this flight from aniak to Nyac the day before and had returned to aniak because of weather. The weather at the time of the accident was snowing and blowing with winds of 40 gusting to 60 mph or higher according to a resident of Nyac. Another witness said the visibility was below one half mile. The aircraft impacted the ground in a 25 decree nose down attitude after the left wing contacted a spruce tree 8 inches in diameter. After ground impact, the aircraft bounced back into the air and traveled about 250 feet before stopping. Aircraft parts were scattered from the initial ground contact point to the final stopping point. There was no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction. A fire erupted as a result of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61764
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504252
- Airframe hours
- 366
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- John T. Bloomquist
- Registered owner
- Tuluksak Dredging Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1982 · 222 hours before
- Departed
- ANI · Aniak, AK
- Destination
- ZNC · Nyac, AK
- Airport
- NONE · Nyac
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 135° at 50 knots, gusting 60
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.