- Date
- September 8, 1983, 18:30 local (Sep 9, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kaktovik, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93282Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830908047159A
- Case key
- 4167
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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 plt stated that the acft was loaded with 3 hunters & their gear for a flt from caribou pass to the barter island dew station arpt. Reportedly, he had operated in & out of the area on previous occasions with similar loads & conditions. He stated that he took off downhill & into a slight quartering headwind, using short field procedures & 20 deg of flaps. He reported that the acft was barely flying at the 'cutoff point' & he elected to use full flaps. At some point after lift-off, he made a 90 deg turn downriver, but the acft settled & the gear contacted the terrain. Subsequently, the left main gear failed, the wing tip & prop struck the ground, and the acft slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93282
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503209
- Airframe hours
- 2,218
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Audi Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 17, 1983 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- Caribou, AK
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,070 total · 300 in this make and model · 5,275 as pilot in command · 390 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 18 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.