- Date
- September 4, 1985, 21:45 local (Sep 5, 1985, 05:45 UTC)
- Place
- English Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2500GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850904043349A
- Case key
- 4560
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Light condition - dusk
Analysis
A witness stated that he saw the acft crash in the cook inlet while it was in a steep descent. Neither the acft nor the plt were recovered; however, some small objects from the acft were retrieved. The plt was presumed to have been fatally injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2500G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill (Nmn) Hanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 11, 1984
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,744 total · 11,530 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.