# Accident 19751109042649A: Cessna 185, Anchorage, AK, November 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1975
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N9874X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9874X-1976-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751109042649A

## Narrative

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

TUNDRA WITH NO LTG IN AREA. RECOVERED SAME DATE.

## 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 ANC76AA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA047), Nov 9, 1975: Cessna 185 (N9874X), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 3 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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