# Accident 19800516016759A: Cessna 185, Kenai, AK, May 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1980, 11:00 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: N3332S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3332S) (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 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,547 total, 113 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516016759A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON SAND-STRIP WITH LIGHT COVER OF SNOW. WHEEL HIT SNOW COVERED HOLE. AIRPLANE 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 ANC80DAG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG58), May 16, 1980: Cessna 185 (N3332S), Kenai, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3332S (2)

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

- [Incident 20070318007439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070318007439I), Mar 18, 2007: Cessna A185F (N3332S), Sitka, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft nosed over on taxi after landing on beach. Prop stopped in sand. Minor damage to aircraft.
- [Accident 19920328007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920328007639A), Mar 28, 1992: Cessna A185F (N3332S), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed by mistake on snow covered frozen canal and nosed over. Canal parallels runway. Believed runway was taxiway.

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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