- Date
- May 11, 1985, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1062FCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850511016659A
- Case key
- 4492
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft performance,takeoff capability - overloadFactor
Improper use of equipment/aircraftCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Analysis
Plt did not use all available takeoff area and failed to recognized need to abort until too late. Possible overweight airplane loaded beyond centre of gravity range
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1062F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502718
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Talkeetna Air Taxi Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Blake Lake, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- runway 4, 4,700 × 300 ft, snow
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 130 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.