# NTSB ANC83LA124: Cessna 185, N70059, Sleetmute, AK, July 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1983, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Sleetmute, AK
- Coordinates: 60.810279, -161.84996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8103&lon=-161.8500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA124

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

DURING AN UPSTREAM TAKEOFF TOWARD A FISH WEIR, THE ACFT DID NOT ATTAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE FISH WEIR AND COLLIDED WITH THE TOP OF THE WEIR. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70059](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70059-2013-02-27), registration cancelled 2013-02-27, S/N 18501932, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (registry code 2072818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18501932
- Airframe hours: 7798
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Bush Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1983, 82 hours before
- Departed: HOLITNA RIVER, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,484 total, 125 in this make and model, 2,364 as pilot in command, 365 in the last 90 days, 180 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 30 °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 19830712036059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830712036059A), Jul 12, 1983: Cessna A185E, Sleetmute, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with a fish pier and cable during water takeoff.

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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