Aviation Crash Map

Cessna A185F N4895C

12 April 1980 · Wales, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 April 1980 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N4895C, operated by Foster AVN, Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Wales, Alaska, United States. 4 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
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Wales, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Wales
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna A185F
Registration
N4895C
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Foster AVN, Inc
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Nome, Ak → Return
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1526

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

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

LNDD ON TUNDRA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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