Cessna 185 N9868X

19 September 1978 · Cordova, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 September 1978, a Cessna 185 registered N9868X was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Cordova, Alaska, United States. 2 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: 19 September 1978
Classification: Accident
Location: Cordova, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N9868X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Z → Bearing River, Ak
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-3300

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.HIT SUBMERGED SANDBAR. WATER 1FT LOWER THAN NORMAL.

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 3-3300, 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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