# Accident 19830120001169A: Cessna A185F, Nyac, AK, January 20, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1983, 11:00 local time
- Place: Nyac, AK
- Airport: Nyac
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.9810° N, 159.9939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NYAC (ZNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9810&lon=-159.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61764, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61764-1985-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC83FAG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830120001169A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON A GO-AROUND DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERE WIND CONDITIONS.STRUCK A TREE, CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 ANC83FAG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAG03), Jan 21, 1983: Cessna A185F (N61764), Nyac, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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