Accident · 2002-06-07

NTSB case ANC02TA045 · Cessna 185 · PUBU

What the record says

Event date: 2002-06-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 185 (N749)
Operating rule: PUBU
Operator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions during landing at a remote lake, resulting in a downwind landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the presence of a tailwind, and an icy lake surface.

Source: NTSB case ANC02TA045

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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