| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 28, 2003 |
| Time: | 1330 |
| Location: | Talkeetna, Alaska |
| Operator: | McKinley Air Service - Air Taxi |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Cessna 185 |
| Registration: | N70176 |
| cn / ln: | 18502037 |
| Aboard: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The airplane was destroyed during a collision with snow-covered glacial terrain following a loss of control during cruise flight, about 40 miles north-northwest of Talkeetna, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules. The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall, an uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was rising terrain |
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