# NTSB ANC83LA073: Cessna C-185F, N4757E, Nome, AK, April 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1983, 20:38 local (Apr 21, 1983, 01:38 UTC)
- Place: Nome, AK
- Coordinates: 64.709953, -164.619918 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7100&lon=-164.6199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4113
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4113/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT LOW ALTITUDE AND CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT 'DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE LEFTSKI STUCK IN THE SNOW AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. INSTEAD OF STOPPING, I CONTINUED ON'. THE PILOT SAID THAT THE SKI HAD STUCK IN THE SNOW SEVERAL OTHER TIMES AND GROUND PERSONNEL USUALLY HELPED HIM PIVOT THE ACFT BACK IN THE DIRECTION OF TAKEOFF. THIS TIME, GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT PARTICIPATE DUE TO THE LATE HOUR AND THE LONG DISTANCE TO THE ACFT. THE PILOT AFTER PIVOTING HIT A COUPLE OF SNOWDRIFTS BEFORE BECOMING AIRBORNE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD REACHEDA MAXIMUM ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 50 FEET AT WHICH TIME THE WING STOPPED FLYING, THE ACFT ROLLED LEFT AND CRASHED. THE WIND WAS FROM THE WEST AT 10 KTS, GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTH BEFORE THE 45 DEGREE PIVOT TO THE LEFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4757E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4757E), registered now, S/N 18503863 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503863
- Airframe hours: 2440
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Seward Peninsula Flying Svc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 20, 1982, 19 hours before
- Destination: GRANITE MOUNT., AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Granite, runway 18, snow

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,730 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 5,500 as pilot in command, 255 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F

## 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 19830420018789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830420018789A), Apr 20, 1983: Cessna A185F, Nome, AK, Substantial damage. Ski hit snow ridges on takeoff. Pulled aircraft off too early. Left wing stalled. Airplane rolled left and crashed.

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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