- Date
- October 14, 1989, 20:15 local (Oct 15, 1989, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tuluksak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70022Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891014040319A
- Case key
- 5317
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Probable cause
Mounting shaft (airbox through-shaft) for the throttle and mixture controls had become loose and backed out, which resulted in loss of engine power. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and rough terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70022
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18507897
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Martinez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1989
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- ANI · Aniak, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 884 in this make and model · 290 in the last 90 days · 88 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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 N70022 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.