Accident · 1999-04-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-04-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185 (N93311)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ward Air, Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- WARD AIR, INC.
Probable cause
The failure of the engine driven fuel pump for undetermined reasons. Factors associated with this accident were the low altitude at which the failure occurred resulting in task overload of the pilot, and landing the amphibious airplane in the swampy terrain short of the runway with the wheels extended.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA052Flight 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.