# Incident 19790511026489I: Cessna A185F, Eau Claire, WI, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 07:48 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8113° N, 91.4985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eau Claire, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8113&lon=-91.4985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4839C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4839C-2014-10-14) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 250 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/19790511026489I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER CLIMBING THRU CLOUDS. PICKED UP RIME AND GOT RESTART AND GROUND CONTACT AT 1700 FT

## Other reports on N4839C (1)

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

- [Accident 19840903049689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840903049689A), Sep 3, 1984: Cessna A185F (N4839C), Cutler River, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot reported engine quit while spotting caribou. Crash landed on a sandbar. Engine problem unknown.

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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