# Accident 19770804027499A: Cessna A185E, Ketchikan, AK, August 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1977
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Helicopter Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3359L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3359L-1982-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770804027499A

## Narrative

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

UN LIFT-OFF FRM 4000FT LAKE IN BASIN SURROUNDED ON 3 SIDES BY MTNS.D/A APRX 4700FT.

## 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 ANC77DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DA068), Aug 4, 1977: Cessna 185E (N3359L), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3359L (2)

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

- [Accident 19761119040379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761119040379A), Nov 19, 1976: Cessna A185E (N3359L), Hyder, AK, Substantial damage. Hit submerged log during lndg, plt took off and lndd with no further damage. Float equipped.
- [Accident 19741124039179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741124039179A), Nov 24, 1974: Cessna A185E (N3359L), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Acft hit partially submerged log. Float equipped

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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