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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Big Ram Lake, AK · February 11, 1979

Date: February 11, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place: Big Ram Lake, AK
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N1471F
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1471FRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Cessna A185FS/N 18502849 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After hand propping attempts failed, pilot used boost pump then starter. Plane took off unoccupied. Crashed.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER HAND PROPPING ATTEMPTS FAILED, PILOT USED BOOST PUMP THEN STARTER. PLANE TOOK OFF UNOCCUPIED. CRASHED.