Accident · 2003-06-09

NTSB case ANC03LA057 · Cessna 185 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2003-06-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Cessna 185 (N5246E)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's excessive taxi speed while attempting to turn the airplane in soft snow, which resulted in a nose over. A factor in the accident was soft snow.

Source: NTSB case ANC03LA057

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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