# Accident 19820818043609A: Cessna 185, Tyonek, AK, August 18, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1982, 16:50 local time
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.0681° N, 151.1369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyonek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0681&lon=-151.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3489Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3489Y) (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 185
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820818043609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY AIRCRAFT THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASS AND CRASHED WHEN AIRPLANE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.

## 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 ANC82DAG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG42), Aug 19, 1982: Cessna 185 (N3489Y), Near Tyonek, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3489Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19781108044319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781108044319A), Nov 8, 1978: Cessna A185F (N3489Y), Teller,Ak, AK, Substantial damage. Plt stated freight against petals.

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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