- Date
- July 24, 1982, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- 11nm East Of Si, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9682QCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724060209A
- Case key
- 69619
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After departing sitka the acft proceeded generally east via blue lake, blue lake pass & the "cut", a ridge oriented ne/sw with an elevation of approximately 3000 ft MSL. The impact site was about 1 NM se of the cut on the north face of the valley. Both stall fences, located on the upper surface of each wing were found imbedded in the ground. Their position corresponded roughly to where they would have been located had the acft fallen to the ground vertically & in a relatively flat attitude. Several plts operating in the vicinity of the accident site & blue lake pass within several hours after the accident reported turbulence & strong northwesterly winds. There were also several reports of cloud spillover to the lee side of the cut indicitive of downdrafts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9682Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503786
- Airframe hours
- 884
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bellair
- Registered owner
- Ken Bellows
- Departed
- SIT · Sitka, AK
- Destination
- BNF · Warm Springs Ba, 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,908 total · 2,800 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SIT, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.