Cessna A185F N61584

Summary

On 26 August 1984 at about 19:33 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N61584 was involved in an accident near Lake Delton, Wisconsin, United States. 6 people were on board and 4 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 August 1984 at 19:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Delton, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N61584

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA364

4 people died.

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

THE FLOAT PLANE CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM LAKE DELTON WHILE OF A SIGHT-SEEING FLT. THE ACFT WAS USED DAILY DURING THE TOURIST SEASON ON FLTS OF APRX 15 MIN LONG. THIS WAS THE 8TH OR 9TH FLT OF THE DAY & WAS THE 4TH OR 5TH FLT SINCE REFUELING. A PASSENGER & SVRL WITNESSES ON THE GROUND THOUGHT THAT THE ENG HAD LOST POWER. A POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ENG DID NOT REVEAL ANY SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER. THE SURVIVORS OF THE CRASH BOTH AGREED THAT THE ACFT WAS OVER LAND WHEN A SHARP LEFT TURN WAS MADE BACK TOWARD THE WATER. DURING THIS TURN, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES & CRASHED APRX 40 FT FROM THE SHORELINE. AN AUTOPSY & TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS OF THE PLT FAILED TO REVEAL ANY INFLIGHT INCAPACITATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.