Cessna 185 N9966X

13 February 1966 · Bornite Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 February 1966 at about 15:10 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N9966X, operated by Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Bornite Alas, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 February 1966 at 15:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Bornite Alas, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Bornite
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N9966X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0006

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK NEAR BARREL HEAD NO.3 CYLINDER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0006, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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