Plane Crash List

Cessna 185 N1523F

8 June 1970 · Ketchikan, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 June 1970 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N1523F, operated by Simpson Air SE, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. 2 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 15:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Ketchikan
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 185
Registration
N1523F
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Simpson Air SE
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight
Taxi
Route
Coppermount, Alas → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0772

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

LANDED IN HARBOR.HIT BOAT WHILE TAXIING TO DOCK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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