- Date
- September 20, 1989, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nenana River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79SCCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890920035689A
- Case key
- 5262
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: the adverse weather condition.
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.
Nose over
Planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not attained
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79SC
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502406
- Airframe hours
- 4,165
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dan Stickney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 8, 1989 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- Nowitna River, AK
- Airport
- ENN
N79SCRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 250 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °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.
Other investigations on N79SC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.