- Date
- October 10, 1983, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64399Cessna C-185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831010053819A
- Case key
- 4249
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)Cause
Visual lookout - reducedCause
Diverted attentionCause
Distance - inadequateCause
Analysis
The passenger stated that the plt was attempting to wipe condensation from the windshield when the acft ran into dry land.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64399
- Reported as
- Cessna C-185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1262
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bush Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1982
- Destination
- Z13 · Akiachak, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BET · Bethel
N64399Registration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,200 total · 4,025 in this make and model · 13,100 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 1 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 N64399 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.