Accident · 1993-08-29

NTSB case ANC93LA170 · CESSNA 185 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-08-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 185 (N70087)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: DOWDING, ROGER D. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DOWDING, ROGER D.

Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE HIGH TERRAIN AND THE OBSCURATION.

Source: NTSB case ANC93LA170

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.

All incidents →