# Accident 19800718031489A: Cessna 185, Collinsville, AK, July 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1980
- Place: Collinsville, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Aircraft: N9855X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9855X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718031489A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 ANC80DA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA074), Jul 18, 1980: Cessna 185 (N9855X), Collinsville, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9855X (2)

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

- [Accident 19980609020289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980609020289A), Jun 9, 1998: Cessna A185E (N9855X), Chickaloon, AK, Substantial damage. Transporting persons an cargo to base camp on a glacier. Engine quit on final. Hard landing short of landing area. (.4)the certificated commercial pilot was…
- [Accident 19970723019519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970723019519A), Jul 23, 1997: Cessna 185 (N9855X), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Crashed on takeoff. (.19) on July 23, 1997, at 1400 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 185 ski equipped airplane, N9855X, sustained substantial damage when it…

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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