- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 28, 2003 |
Time: | 1330 |
Location: | Talkeetna, Alaska |
Operator: | McKinley Air Service - Air Taxi |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Cessna 185 |
Registration: | N70176 |
cn / ln: | 18502037 |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The airplane was destroyed during a collision with snow-covered glacial terrain following a loss of control during cruise flight, about 40 miles north-northwest of Talkeetna, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules. The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall, an uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was rising terrain |
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