# NTSB ANC84LA005: Cessna C-185E, N64399, Bethel, AK, October 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1983, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Coordinates: 60.810638, -161.849014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8106&lon=-161.8490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (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): 4249
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4249/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA005

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy) (cause)
  - visual lookout - reduced, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64399-2013-07-02), registration cancelled 2013-07-02, S/N 185-1262, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-185E
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (registry code 2072818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 185-1262
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831010053819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831010053819A), Oct 10, 1983: Cessna A185E, Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit shoreline and crashed during attempted takeoff from lake.

## Other investigations on N64399 (1)

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 ANC89LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA176), Sep 29, 1989: Cessna 185 (N64399), Trading Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT IN COMMANDS FAILURE TO PERFORM AN ADEQUATE VISUAL APPROACH RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH A TREE.

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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