- Date
- May 1, 1986, 19:30 local (May 2, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9706HCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860501015809A
- Case key
- 4659
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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 pilot stated that he was taxiing for takeoff on the frozen river when the left main gear broke through the ice. The aircraft's left wing and left gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9706H
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503463
- Airframe hours
- 3,732
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
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.