# NTSB ANC84FAG01: Cessna C-185, N1296F, Naknek, AK, December 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1983, 14:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Coordinates: 58.800632, -156.900924 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8006&lon=-156.9009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FAG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4236/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FAG01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1296F), registered now, S/N 18502816, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 1554
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831223063429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831223063429A), Dec 23, 1983: Cessna 185C, Naknek, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled and crashed during takeoff. Several witnesses noticed frost on wings.

## Other investigations on N1296F (2)

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.

- [NTSB ANC91LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA137), Aug 29, 1991: Cessna 185-F (N1296F), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
- [NTSB ANC76DAH67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH67), Sep 1, 1976: Cessna 185 (N1296F), Shovel Lake, AK, substantial damage

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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