# Accident 19750824029349A: Cessna 185, Farewell, AK, August 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1975
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Airport: Farewell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 62.5092° N, 153.8906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAREWELL (0AA4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5092&lon=-153.8906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9982X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9982X-2012-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 38 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750824029349A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED SEAT LATCH FAILED & SEAT SLID TO REAR

## 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 ANC76DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG42), Aug 24, 1975: Cessna 185 (N9982X), Farewell, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9982X (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980617013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617013979A), Jun 17, 1998: Cessna 185 (N9982X), Big Lake, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances, pilot suffered fatal inj, acft damage is unknown, anchorage, AK. (.4) witnesses reported seeing the airplane entering…
- [Incident 19860302022539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302022539I), Mar 2, 1986: Cessna STC185 (N9982X), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. Damage to wing during taxi on ice with skis. Removed wingtip and continued to operate aircraft.
- [Accident 19821029057759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821029057759A), Oct 29, 1982: Cessna 185 (N9982X), Stony River, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a snow packed runway. Struck a snow ridge and flipped over.
- [Incident 19790929049619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929049619I), Sep 29, 1979: Cessna 185 (N9982X), Farewell, AK, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing in gusty wind allowed wing and tail to come up, damaged the prop.

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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