Cessna A185F N80330

31 July 1980 · Kodiak, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 31 July 1980 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N80330 was involved in an accident during in flight near Kodiak, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 July 1980 at 19:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Kodiak, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna A185F
Registration: N80330
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Charter Passg-Domestic
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Kodiak, Ak → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2794

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	0

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.FLT PLN W WIFE.WND GSTG 55KTS.BFRAFTN FLT, WORKED NGT SHIFT, ATNDD MRNG FUNERAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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57.7885, -152.4053
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Kodiak, Alaska, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-2794, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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