Cessna 185 N4311R

15 December 1981 · Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 December 1981 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N4311R, operated by Hudson Air SVC, was involved in an accident during in flight near Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 December 1981 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N4311R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Hudson Air SVC
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Talkeetna, Ak → Round Robin & Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3660

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	2	2	0	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

ENCTRD DWNDFT WHILE APCHG MTN PASS.WND AT TALKEENA 360 DEG AT 7 GSTG 15KTS.

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 3-3660, 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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