Plane Crash List

Cessna 185 N1701R

10 May 1988 · Mercer Island, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 May 1988 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N1701R was involved in an accident near Mercer Island, Washington, 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 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Mercer Island, Washington, United States
Coordinates
47.5610, -122.2206
Aircraft
Cessna 185
Registration
N1701R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Seattle → Lake Washington
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA88LA092

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 PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LOG WHILE LANDING ON THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER INVERTED AND SANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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