Cessna 185 N20807

27 November 1981 · Fort Yukon, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 November 1981 at about 11:45 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N20807, operated by Arctic Circle, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Fort Yukon, 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: 27 November 1981 at 11:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Fort Yukon, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N20807
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Arctic Circle
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Fort Yukon, Ak → Chandalar Rvr, Ak
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2833

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

LNDD ON SNOW CVRD FRZN LAKE W ICE ON WNDSHLD & LACK OF VISUAL CUES.CO FLT PLN.

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 3-2833, 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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