# Accident 19780909033829A: Cessna A185E, Farewell, AK, September 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1978
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N5485R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5485R-2017-02-17) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 770 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909033829A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED,PRCTN LANDING,BLIND CANYON.

## 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 ANC79DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG19), Sep 9, 1978: Cessna 185 (N5485R), Farewell, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5485R (1)

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

- [Accident 19980408006389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980408006389A), Apr 8, 1998: Cessna A185F (N5485R), Nightmute, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.4)The commercial pilot departed on a CFR part 135/government flight for a remote coastal village to pick up the sole passenger. Just before landing at the…

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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