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Cessna 185F N715V

10 August 1991 · Angoon, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 10 August 1991 at about 18:50 local time, a Cessna 185F registered N715V, operated by Douglas D. Riemer, was involved in an accident near Angoon, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 18:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Angoon, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
57.4390, -134.4801
Aircraft
Cessna 185F
Registration
N715V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Douglas D. Riemer
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Petersburg → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC91LA119

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 0 0

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER DESCENT RATE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS PILOT'S INTENTIONAL ABRUPT MANEUVERING AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND THE FLAPS THAT RETRACTED A KNOTCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE IN A LOW ALTITUDE STEEP DESCENDING TURN FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL APPROACH, THE FLAPS RETRACTED, AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SPUTTER. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD IN THE SHALLOW WATER, THEN RAN UP ON THE ROCKS AND NOSED OVER. A POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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