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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185 · Anchorage, AK · April 23, 1983

Date
April 23, 1983 · 13:01 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9824X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83IA074
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO470F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,320 total1,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power at cruise altitude. Landed on lake. Broke through ice. Found rags in carburetor air intake box.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. LANDED ON LAKE. BROKE THROUGH ICE. FOUND RAGS IN CARBURETOR AIR INTAKE BOX.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.