Accident · 1996-06-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-06-11
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185F (N56581)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- National Park Service Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.
Source: NTSB case ANC96TA087Flight 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.