- Date
- September 16, 1987, 12:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Wind River, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1050FCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870916053499A
- Case key
- 4930
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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 and his passenger had camped over night on a gravel bar on the Wind River. On departure the following day, the airplane failed to become airborne prior to reaching the end of the gravel bar. The airplane entered the shallow water surrounding the gravel bar and nosed over. Neither the pilot nor his passenger were injured. The plt failed to submit an accd rpt. Plt flt times were not rptd and not available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1050F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502707
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Audi Air
- Registered owner
- Kenneth B. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °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 N1050F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.