Plane Crash List

Cessna A185E N2231T

26 May 1984 · Refuge Cove, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 May 1984 at about 23:10 local time, a Cessna A185E registered N2231T, operated by James E Bullock JR, was involved in an accident near Refuge Cove, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Refuge Cove, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
55.6106, -131.5809
Aircraft
Cessna A185E
Registration
N2231T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
James E Bullock JR
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Refuge Cove → Shoal Cove
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA84LA120

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 PLT STATED IN HIS REPORT ON FORM 6120.1 THAT THE ACFT WAS ON STEP DURING TAKEOFF WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN A ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING HIT THE WATER TWICE IN SPITE OF AILERON CONTROL INPUTS TO CORRECT IT. WITH THE APPLICATION OF RUDDER AND A POWER REDUCTION THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. AFTER DISREGARDING IDEAS OF A TAKEOFF THE ACFT WAS WATER TAXIED 35 MILES TO KETCHIKAN. THE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT SAID HE COULD SEE NO OBVIOUS MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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