# Accident 19800620024419A: Cessna A185F, Emmonak, AK, June 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Emmonak, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.7757° N, 164.5101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emmonak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.7757&lon=-164.5101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70412, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70412-1982-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 140 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG62-130476) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800620024419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF IN WINDY TURBULENT CONDITIONS. UNABLE TO CLIMB AIRCRAFT. CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 ANC80DAG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG62-130476), Jun 20, 1980: Cessna 185 (N70412), Emmonak, AK, destroyed

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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