# Accident 19820619024499A: Cessna 185F, Dry Bay, AK, June 19, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1982, 16:45 local time
- Place: Dry Bay, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N4212Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4212Q-2014-10-06) (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 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,510 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820619024499A

## Narrative

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

WATER IN PONTOON, UNABLE TO LIFTOFF. AIRPLANE ROLLED OVER. ONE PASSENGER DROWNED. HOLE IN PONTOON, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 ANC82DA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA050), Jun 19, 1982: Cessna 185F (N4212Q), Near Chinitna B, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4212Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19770330006952A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770330006952A), Mar 30, 1977: Cessna A185F (N4212Q), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Stopped to allow N1258A to pass.

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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