# Accident 19760327005079A: Cessna A185F, Tyonek, AK, March 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1976
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.0681° N, 151.1369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyonek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0681&lon=-151.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4903C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4903C-1980-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,640 total, 1,360 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760327005079A

## Narrative

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

FROZEN LAKE,HI TERRAIN ON 3 SIDES,40FT TREES AT TKOF END. GUSTING TO 12K. LIFTED OFF,THEN ABORTED.

## 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 ANC76AA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA077), Mar 27, 1976: Cessna 185 (N4903C), Tyonek, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4903C (1)

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

- [Accident 19790517016239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517016239A), May 17, 1979: Cessna 185 (N4903C), Bellevue, WA, Substantial damage. Acft started while turning prop. Pilot unable to stop acft, hit hangar. Pilot left one mag hot.

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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