# Incident 19800721062029I: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, July 21, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4538F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4538F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 125 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800721062029I

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO SOFT MUD, CAUSING PROP TO STRIKE GROUND.

## Other reports on N4538F (1)

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

- [Accident 20130105000789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130105000789A), Jan 5, 2013: Cessna A185E (N4538F), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. During taxi after landing on a frozen lake, the right ski hit overflow ice and the right stub axle bolts broke. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

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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