# Accident 19810619034149A: Cessna 185A, Bethel, AK, June 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1688Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1688Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,580 total, 306 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810619034149A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER ATTEMPTING TO SECURE FLOAT PLANE ON BEACH, STEPPED INTO PROPELLOR CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY.

## 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 ANC81DA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA065), Jun 19, 1981: Cessna 185 (N1688Z), Bethel, AK, minor damage

## Other reports on N1688Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19840921077079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840921077079A), Sep 21, 1984: Cessna 185A (N1688Z), Mt Plummer, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped landing on a mountain strip in a crosswind. Aircraft rolled off strip backwards and down mountainside.
- [Accident 19830913055209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830913055209A), Sep 13, 1983: Cessna 185A (N1688Z), Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed 300 feet off end of strip during takeoff.

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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