# Accident 19780522023309A: Cessna A185E, Palmer, AK, May 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1978
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Anderson Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.6169° N, 149.3215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANDERSON LAKE (0AK1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6169&lon=-149.3215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7395H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7395H) (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 A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 79 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522023309A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 ANC78DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG52), May 22, 1978: Cessna 185 (N7395H), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7395H (2)

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

- [Accident 19810116000559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810116000559A), Jan 16, 1981: Cessna A185F (N7395H), Russian Mission, AK, Substantial damage. Struck snow berm on edge of snow covered runway on landing. Poor runway maintenance a factor.
- [Accident 19800213006279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800213006279A), Feb 13, 1980: Cessna A185F (N7395H), Mt. Village, AK, Substantial damage. Landed tail dragger in strong crosswind. Airplane ground looped into a snowbank.

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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