# Accident 19731013037759A: Cessna 185D, Anchorage, AK, October 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1531F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1531F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185D (registry code 2072812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731013037759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIGH RPM,FAST TAXI, FLOATS HIT FROZEN MUD,GRASS & 2 SLOUGHS.ACFT NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74DAG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG67), Oct 13, 1973: Cessna 185 (N1531F), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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