- Date
- July 4, 1984, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1299FCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840704029539A
- Case key
- 4216
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
Investigators found pure water in the fuel injection system. The pilot refueled the acft from a 55 gal barrel and despite warnings from a mechanic, the plt did not filter the fuel. The float plane touched down in a river and nosed over onto the shore following the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1299F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502819
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Keith Bailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1984
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- Stephan Lake, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,712 total · 375 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.