# Accident 19810103015339A: Cessna A185F, Evergreen, AL, January 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1981, 11:55 local time
- Place: Evergreen, AL
- Airport: Middletown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4332° N, 86.9761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evergreen, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4332&lon=-86.9761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6305E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6305E-2014-11-12) (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 A185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,558 total, 130 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810103015339A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT NEAR FUEL STOP. CRASH-LANDED. ENGINE OK. ONE FUEL TANK EMPTY. POSSIBLE FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

## 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 ATL81FKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKJ05), Jan 3, 1981: Cessna 185 (N6305E), Evergreen, AL, destroyed

## Other reports on N6305E (2)

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

- [Accident 19890701019039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890701019039A), Jul 1, 1989: Cessna 185F (N6305E), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Flew into a box canyon after departing a lake. Reported a downdraft forced an impact on a beach at 90 mph.
- [Accident 19830505020789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830505020789A), May 5, 1983: Cessna A185F (N6305E), Eaton Rapids, MI, Substantial damage. Landed in a soft area on his Private strip. Wheels dug in. Airplane nosed over.

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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