# Accident 19791130033089A: Cessna 185, Kenai, AK, November 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522VA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,052 total, 150 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791130033089A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO LAND ON A 600 FOOT LONG L SHAPED GRAVEL BAR. AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOWBANK, NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC80DAG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG15), Nov 30, 1979: Cessna 185 (N522VA), Lachbuna Lk, 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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