# NTSB ANC84LA022: Cessna C-185A, N9706H, Quinhagak, AK, December 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Quinhagak, AK
- Coordinates: 59.739738, -161.890151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7397&lon=-161.8902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4261
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4261/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9706H-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 18503463, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-185A
- 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
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831211061339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211061339A), Dec 11, 1983: Cessna 185A, Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. Struck a snowbank on an attempted go around from a remote site, not an airstrip.

## Other investigations on N9706H (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 ANC89LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA178), Sep 30, 1989: Cessna 185 (N9706H), Shotgun Hills, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY EVALUATE THE EXISTING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S OVERCONFIDENCE IN BOTH PERSONAL…
- [NTSB ANC86LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA053), May 2, 1986: Cessna 185 (N9706H), Bethel, 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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