- Date
- September 12, 1990, 16:32 local (Sep 13, 1990, 00:32 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4861QCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900912039059A
- Case key
- 5451
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to obtain or maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall or mush.
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
Shortly after lift off from the lake at a altitude of 200 feet, the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane then stalled and crashed into a wooded area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4861Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503563
- Airframe hours
- 2,167
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James K. Bailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1990 · 247 hours before
- 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 180 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °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.