- Date
- September 23, 1985, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eastsound, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N61298Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850923067589A
- Case key
- 40246
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Analysis
During takeoff roll the acft veered right and the plt overcorrected to the left. The acft then departed the rwy to the left striking VASI lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61298
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504142
- Airframe hours
- 301
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kathleen Kelley Carmichael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1985
- Departed
- S17 · Eastsound, WA
- Destination
- SEA · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- S17 · Eastsound, runway 16, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 529 total · 167 in this make and model · 396 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.