# Incident 19801212086319I: Cessna 185A, Fairbanks, AK, December 12, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Chena Marina
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8140° N, 147.9186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHENA MARINA (AK28), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8140&lon=-147.9186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1650Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1650Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,700 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/19801212086319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. ENGINE STARTED AND PLANE RAN INTO TWO TIED DOWN AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1650Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19910718028919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910718028919A), Jul 18, 1991: Cessna 185A (N1650Z), Jago River, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to negotiate curve on wet tundra airstrip. Slid into a berm collapsing right main landing gear.
- [Incident 19880107002869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880107002869I), Jan 7, 1988: Cessna 185A (N1650Z), Kandik, AK, Minor damage. Right ski landing gear leg broke near the axle attach bolts. During the landing roll.

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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