- Date
- December 23, 1983, 14:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1296FCessna C-185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831223063429A
- Case key
- 4236
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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 acft crashed during takeoff. The plt said that during takeoff at an alt of about 10 ft AGL it felt as though the fltcontrols were not responding. The acft stalled and hit the runway. The plt suspected the controls had been tampered with, but when the acft was inspected after the accident no evidence of malfunction or tampering was found. Several witnesses noticed frost on the wings of the acft with one witnesses stating that there was 'too much frost for any 185 to fly with.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1296F
- Reported as
- Cessna C-185
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,554
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald L. Yeiter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1983 · 153 hours before
- Destination
- Ugashik Lake, AK
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek, runway 25, 2,900 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,534 total · 1,244 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N1296F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.