Wed, Mar 12, 2003
C-185 Just Couldn't Get Airborne
For reasons not yet explained, a Cessna 185, piloted by an
Iditarod sled race volunteer couldn't get into the air, about
9:40AM Sunday.
Whether there was a malfunction, or the wind shifted, or the
surface interfered, or (perhaps) the plane was overloaded, won't be
known until the inquiry is complete; but the two men and one woman
received from "minor" to "no" injuries, in the first couple
thousand feet of their planned trip to Anchorage (AK).
According to local reports, the plane just couldn't get up
there; it nipped a snowbank at the end of the runway, and spun
around. Visible damage was confined to the gear, the prop, and the
port wing.
** Report created 3/11/2003 Record
1 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 1613M
Make/Model: C185 Description: 185,
A185 Skywagon, Skywagon 1
Date: 03/09/2003 Time: 1830
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: GALENA State: AK Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT FAILED TO CLIMB ON DEPARTURE, SET BACK ON RUNWAY AND
VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING, GALENA, AK
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase:
Landing Operation: General
Aviation
Departed: GALENA,
AK
Dep Date: 03/09/2003 Dep. Time: 1830
Destination:
UNK
Flt Plan: UNK
Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: FAIRBANKS, AK
(AL01)
Entry date: 03/10/2003
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