# Incident 19811115079169I: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, November 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N70039, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70039-2017-05-31) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811115079169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO EMPTY AIRCRAFT LEFT ON TAXIWAY IN DARKNESS.

## Other reports on N70039 (5)

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

- [Accident 20100310029659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100310029659A), Mar 10, 2010: Cessna A185E (N70039), Tokatna, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot was interviewed on 03/11/2010 at the mcgrath airport. The pilot stated he had departed his home at campbell lake, anchorage Alaska on 03/09/2010 with…
- [Accident 19960503009389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960503009389A), May 3, 1996: Cessna A185E (N70039), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped and nosed over landing in crosswind on a beach.
- [Accident 19810514025209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810514025209A), May 14, 1981: Cessna A185E (N70039), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on takeoff. Landed in swampy tundra end of runway. Nosed over. Found rag in engine air intake.
- [Incident 19800823066181I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823066181I), Aug 23, 1980: Cessna A185E (N70039), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Taxiing float planes prop struck wing tip of another taxiing float plane. Struck N9577G.
- [Accident 19750918037929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750918037929A), Sep 18, 1975: Cessna A185E (N70039), Twin Lakes, AK, Substantial damage. Winds gusting to 30K.

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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