- Date
- July 19, 1987, 13:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hinchinbrook Is, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1744RCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870719035189A
- Case key
- 4779
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 - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
According to witnesses the aircraft was low flying just above the tree level when the aircraft stalled and spun down into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1744R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502464
- Airframe hours
- 2,333
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D-24, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael T. Crawley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- CKU · Cordova, AK
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 847 total · 840 in this make and model · 760 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N1744R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.