- Date
- September 21, 1988, 09:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place
- Chip River, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61500Cessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880921046489A
- Case key
- 5086
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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 air taxi pilot was attempting to land on the snow covered tundra near his passenger's fish camp. The tundra had not yet frozen sufficiently to support the weight of the airplane, and the main landing gear quickly became mired in the soft soil, causing the airplane to decelerate rapidly and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61500
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504217
- Airframe hours
- 2,162
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cape Smythe Air Service
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 4, 1988 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °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 N61500 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.