- Date
- September 13, 1983, 16:15 local (Sep 14, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Aniak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1688ZCessna 185A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830913055209A
- Case key
- 4180
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 plt was taking off from a strip near a camp site. Reportedly, the strip was located on a hill (level bench area) & was oriented generally in a north/south direction. The plt reported that the wind was from 080 deg at about 15 gusting 18 KTS. The acft was equipped with a robertson stol kit which, according to the plt, diminishes its x-wind capability. He reported that he lifted off near the end of the rwy at aprx 50 to 55 mph, then about 300 from the end, the acft began to settle. Subsequently, it touched down on rough terrain & was substantially damaged. The plt believed that due to the terrain, the wind (beyond the end of the rwy) had shifted to a quartering tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1688Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850488
- Airframe hours
- 7,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kelly L. Vrem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1982 · 200 hours before
- Airport
- ANI · Gravel Strip
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 4,100 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 98 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1688Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.