# Accident 19791206032669A: Cessna 185, Wrangell, AK, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Airport: Seaplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84627 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 317 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FAD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FAD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206032669A

## Narrative

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

LANDED AMPHIBIOUS FLOATPLANE IN WATER WHEN UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR. LEFT GEAR NOT FULL UP. DUG WING IN WATER ON LNDG.

## 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 ANC80FAD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FAD01), Dec 6, 1979: Cessna 185 (N84627), Wrangell, 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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