- Date
- May 31, 1985, 16:00 local (Jun 1, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alaktak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61500Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850531026309A
- Case key
- 4496
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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 collideded with a snow bank and nosed over during a landing attempt on a frozen lake. The plt stated that 'my rt ski hit a pressure ridge or broke through crust; whichever, the acft abrurtly pitched down, contacting the ice and continuing over onto its back. The stop was abrupt leading me to believe the ski hit an obstacle.' The plts recommendation to prevent this type occurrence was to prohibit off-arpt lndgs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61500
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504217
- Airframe hours
- 1,053
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grant B. Thompson, doing business as Cape Smythe Services, Inc
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 9, 1985 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,025 total · 260 in this make and model · 14,500 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 10 °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.
Other investigations on N61500 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.