# Accident 19780721024479A: Cessna A185F, St Albans, VT, July 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1978
- Place: St Albans, VT
- Airport: Savage Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 44.7039° N, 73.2460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVAGE ISLAND (VT15), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7039&lon=-73.2460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22901, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22901-2017-06-21) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,216 total, 74 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78DNC40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DNC40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721024479A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS MAKING APPROACH TO LANDING OVER WATER TO AN UNLIGHTED STR

## 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 NYC78DNC40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DNC40), Jul 21, 1978: Cessna 185 (N22901), St Albans, VT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N22901 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880506013199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880506013199A), May 6, 1988: Cessna A185F (N22901), Hunter Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear leg failed due to fatigue while landing. Aircraft ground looped.

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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