# Incident 19781114026849I: Cessna 185, Ketchikan, AK, November 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1978, 14:03 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N21749, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21749-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781114026849I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N21749 (1)

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

- [Accident 19801006057489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006057489A), Oct 6, 1980: Cessna A185F (N21749), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Made downwind turn over shore from water takeoff. Hit downdraft in near verticalbank. Hit trees. Misjudgement.

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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