# Accident 19761218040629A: Cessna A185F, Nondalton, AK, December 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1976
- Place: Nondalton, AK
- Airport: Nondalton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 59.9802° N, 154.8392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NONDALTON (5NN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9802&lon=-154.8392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3464Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3464Y-2009-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761218040629A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SPEED LOW PASS ENDING IN STEEP CLIMB.

## 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 ANC77DA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DA018), Dec 18, 1976: Cessna A185F (N3464Y), Nondalton, AK, destroyed, 2 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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