# Incident 19840829055489I: Cessna 185, Galena, AK, August 29, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1984, 13:15 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Galena
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7409° N, 156.8769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7409&lon=-156.8769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4923C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4923C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 320 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840829055489I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING HARD BOUNCING LANDING.

## Other reports on N4923C (2)

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

- [Accident 19770226004309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770226004309A), Feb 26, 1977: Cessna A185F (N4923C), Tooksook Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Ski equipped. Hit wheelbarrow. Wind gusting 35K.
- [Accident 19760922042099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760922042099A), Sep 22, 1976: Cessna A185F (N4923C), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Collided with small boat on river.

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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