# Accident 19760725024199A: Cessna A185E, Ketchikan, AK, July 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1976
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 55.3445° N, 131.6634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN HARBOR (5KE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3445&lon=-131.6634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70206, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760725024199A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.WIND GUSTING 20K.

## 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 ANC76DAD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAD08), Jul 25, 1976: Cessna 185 (N70206), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N70206 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800705025869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705025869I), Jul 5, 1980: Cessna A185E (N70206), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Lost directional control while attempting takeoff from wet sandy beach.

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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