Accident · 2005-10-23

NTSB case ANC06CA008 · Cessna 185 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2005-10-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 185 (N3308S)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Donald E. Glaser Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Donald E. Glaser

Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in an encounter with a hidden obstruction, and an on-ground collision with trees while taxiing to takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were trees and a hidden obstruction.

Source: NTSB case ANC06CA008

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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