Accident Cessna A185F N4974C, Wednesday 7 September 1977
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Date:Wednesday 7 September 1977
Time:11:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A185F
Owner/operator:Frontier Flyin
Registration: N4974C
MSN: 18502672
Year of manufacture:1975
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Accident
Location:Bettles, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Wild Lake, AK
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Pilot asked pax to assist in docking float plane.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ANC77DAA51
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

History of this aircraft

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Revision history:

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