# Accident 19740408009399A: Cessna A185E, Scammon Bay, AK, April 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1974
- Place: Scammon Bay, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 61.8426° N, 165.5846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scammon Bay, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8426&lon=-165.5846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2249T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2249T-1974-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740408009399A

## Narrative

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

HEAVY SNOW FALL.NO WX BRIEF.RCVRD 4/10/74.

## 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 ANC74AA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA066), Apr 8, 1974: Cessna A185E (N2249T), Scammon Bay, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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