Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 185F N1344Q

8 August 1982 · Lake George, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 August 1982 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 185F registered N1344Q, operated by William J. Barton, JR., was involved in an accident near Lake George, New York, 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 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Lake George, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Lake George
Coordinates
43.4191, -73.7098
Aircraft
Cessna 185F
Registration
N1344Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
William J. Barton, JR.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Lake George → Farmingdale
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC82DA232

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

WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT DESCRIBED A NOSE UP PITCH ATTITUDE OF BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY-FIVE DEGREES DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AFTER DEPARTING LAKE GEORGE. AT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A DESENDING LEFT TURN TO THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE. THE SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN ON THE LAKE'S SURFACE WAS DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES AS HARD WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO BOUNCE AND DEPART THE AREA FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE RETURNING FOR A NORMAL LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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