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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Klawock, AK · February 23, 1985

Date
February 23, 1985 · 14:00 local
Place
Klawock, AK
Airport
Klawock
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N84627
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total10,000 in this make and model300 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.

Engine failed en route. Safe landing. Connecting rod broke fracturing engine case.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED EN ROUTE. SAFE LANDING. CONNECTING ROD BROKE FRACTURING ENGINE CASE.