# Accident 19790707023689A: Cessna 185E, Soldotna, AK, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4751° N, 151.0396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOLDOTNA (SXQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4751&lon=-151.0396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2233T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2233T) (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 185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707023689A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF ACFT ON CROSSWIND LANDING ROLLOUT.

## 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 ANC79DAG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG76), Jul 7, 1979: Cessna 185E (N2233T), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2233T (2)

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

- [Incident 19910902055469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910902055469I), Sep 2, 1991: Cessna A185E (N2233T), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Pilot struck rising shore line on a water takeoff. Continued flying to destination.
- [Accident 19730318006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730318006569A), Mar 18, 1973: Cessna A185E (N2233T), Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage. Lnd on frozen tundra.

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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