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Cessna A185F N20752

22 November 1988 · Deadhorse, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 November 1988 at about 22:55 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N20752, operated by Cape Smythe Air Service, was involved in an incident near Deadhorse, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:55
Classification
Incident
Location
Deadhorse, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Deadhorse (SCC)
Coordinates
70.4303, -149.2908
Aircraft
Cessna A185F
Registration
N20752
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Barrow → Deadhorse
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Bright
NTSB number
ANC89IA019

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES DURING LANDING. THE PILOT COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. BLOOD SAMPLES, TAKEN FROM THE PILOT THREE HOURS AFTER LANDING, CONTAINED 22.1% CARBON MONOXIDE. THE LEFT ENGINE MUFFLER OVERBOARD TUBE WAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE MUFFLER, WHERE THE TWO ARE WELDED, ALLOWING EXHAUST GAS TO ENTER THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE HEATER SYSTEM. THE OVERBOARD TUBE HAD A .022 INCH DEEP GROOVE FROM RUBBING AGAINST THE ENGINE COWLING, ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CRACK ORIGINATED. THE MUFFLER HAD BEEN INSTALLED DURING THE LAST 100 HOUR INSPECTION, 68 HOURS PREVIOUSLY. THE SOURCE OF MANUFACTURER OF THE MUFFLER COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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