# Accident 19800314006239A: Cessna A185F, Shaktoolik, AK, March 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Shaktoolik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.3563° N, 161.1962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shaktoolik, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.3563&lon=-161.1962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93322, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93322-1983-05-06) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800314006239A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TO TAKE PHOTOS. MADE BANK TOO STEEP, STALLED, SPUN IN.

## 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 ANC80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA035), Mar 14, 1980: Cessna A185F (N93322), Shaktoolik, AK, substantial damage, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N93322 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780821027069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780821027069A), Aug 21, 1978: Cessna A185F (N93322), Montague Is, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on wet beach. Winds gusting 25 KTS.

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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