# NTSB Accident ANC06CA008
> **Cessna 185** · 2005-10-24 · Skwentna, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC06CA008
- **Event ID:** 20051208X01954
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-10-24
- **Location:** Skwentna, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.95, -151.183334
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 185
- **Registration:** N3308S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in an encounter with a hidden obstruction, and an on-ground collision with trees while taxiing to takeoff.  Factors associated with the accident were trees and a hidden obstruction.

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