# Accident 19780525026219A: Cessna 185, May 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1978
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Aircraft: N4021Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4021Y-2003-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 131 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK78X0121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780525026219A

## 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 UNK78X0121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0121), May 25, 1978: Cessna 185 (N4021Y), Keezhik Lk, Canada, destroyed

## Other reports on N4021Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20000307008749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000307008749A), Mar 7, 2000: Cessna 185 (N4021Y), Incline Village, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft is a Cessna 185 mounted on edo floats. Incorporated is a set of hydraulic actuated retracting wheel/landing gear assemblies. The pilot departed…

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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