# Accident 19810710045489A: Cessna A185F, Anchorage, AK, July 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1981, 20:50 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N1795R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1795R) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810710045489A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE OVER WOODED AREA. CRASH-LANDED IN TREES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 ANC81DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG50), Jul 10, 1981: Cessna 185F (N1795R), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1795R (1)

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

- [Accident 20120601010879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120601010879A), Jun 1, 2012: Cessna A185F (N1795R), Skw, AK, Substantial damage. Takeoff from iris lake, Alaska in cruise flight the engine began to mis-fire and then quit. Re-started by using the emergency fuel boost pump (spring loaded)…

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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