# Incident 19850802050519I: Cessna A185E, Tuntutuliak Riv, AK, August 2, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1985, 11:00 local time
- Place: Tuntutuliak Riv, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAIA
- Aircraft: N64399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64399-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850802050519I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON TAKEOFF. LANDED ON RIVER WITH SOME DAMAGE. REAR ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN. RESTRICTED THROTTLE.

## Other reports on N64399 (2)

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

- [Accident 19890928037359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890928037359A), Sep 28, 1989: Cessna A185E (N64399), Trading Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Struck a tree and crashed on approach to a unnamed dirt strip.
- [Accident 19831010053819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831010053819A), Oct 10, 1983: Cessna A185E (N64399), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit shoreline and crashed during attempted takeoff from lake.

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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