Plane Crash List

Cessna 185 N2660S

13 January 1983 · Near Cordova, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 January 1983 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N2660S, operated by Kennedy Air Service, was involved in an incident near Near Cordova, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:30
Classification
Incident
Location
Near Cordova, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
60.7906, -145.6096
Aircraft
Cessna 185
Registration
N2660S
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Kennedy Air Service
Operating rule
Public Use
Purpose of flight
Public Use
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Cape Yakataga → Cordova
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC83IA034

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

THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS AND RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A SIGMET WAS IN EFFECT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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