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SEA86LA019

1985-10-29 · FUNTER BAY, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FNR

N756FX has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 208B, built 1996), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT AND DURING WATER LANDING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. THE LINK PIN ROD WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MAIN RETRACT LINK AND PIN DOWN LATCH WERE FOUND TO BE BENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_SEA86LA019.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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