- Date
- May 13, 1964
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9950XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183929
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1267 64/5/13 ANCHORAGE ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N9950X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 36, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ICY REMARKS- ICE FAILED TO SUPPORT AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9950X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9950X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC06LA001Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIliamna, AKThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to detect water-contaminated fuel, resulting in a loss of engine power during cruise flight, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.NTSB ANC66A0034Accident · No injuriesClosedStebbins, AK