Cessna A185F N4960E
11 July 1980 · False Island, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 11 July 1980 at about 13:13 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N4960E, operated by Mountain AVN, was involved in an accident during in flight near False Island, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:13
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- False Island, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna A185F
- Registration
- N4960E
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Mountain AVN
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Sitka, Ak → Return
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1531
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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
PLTS IN VICINITY STATED PATCHES OF FOG AT APPROX1000FT IN RODMAN PASS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna A185F accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 1980 | Cessna A185F | Addison, Texas, United States | Mefco, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 1980 | Cessna A185F | Condon, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 1980 | Cessna A185F | Kodiak, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 12 Apr 1980 | Cessna A185F | Wales, Alaska, United States | Foster AVN, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1980 | Cessna A185F | Shaktoolik, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 7 Nov 1980 | Cessna A185F | Minot, North Dakota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |