# Accident 19781015043689A: Cessna A185E, Ketchikan, AK, October 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1978
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- 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: N70269, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70269-2013-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (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: 27,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015043689A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED-RECOVERY DATE 10/19/78.

## 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 ANC79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA006), Oct 15, 1978: Cessna 185 (N70269), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N70269 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730902039119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902039119A), Sep 2, 1973: Cessna A185E (N70269), Yakutat, AK, Substantial damage

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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