- Date
- December 11, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9706HCessna C-185A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831211061339A
- Case key
- 4261
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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 struck a snowbank during an attemped go-around. According to the plt there were no mechanical problems that contributed to the accident. The plt did not submit an accident report and attempts to reach him by telephone have been unsuccessful. The accident occurred on a remote site with no facilities and no airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9706H
- Reported as
- Cessna C-185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delaire Charter Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KWN · Quinhagak
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 85 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 N9706H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.