# Accident 19800114000209A: Cessna 185A, Shungnak, AK, January 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Shungnak, AK
- Airport: Shungnak
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 66.8881° N, 157.1624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHUNGNAK (SHG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8881&lon=-157.1624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1690Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1690Z-1980-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 6,050 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800114000209A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY ON APPROACH END. LANDING INTO SUNSET COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA023), Jan 14, 1980: Cessna 185 (N1690Z), Shungnak, AK, destroyed, 7 fatal

## Other reports on N1690Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19761107042209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761107042209A), Nov 7, 1976: Cessna 185A (N1690Z), Ambler, AK, Substantial damage. Deep snow on landing area.

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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