# Incident 19850905055459I: Cessna A185E, Scammon Bay, AK, September 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1985, 14:00 local time
- Place: Scammon Bay, AK
- Airport: Kun River
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAIA
- Location: 61.8426° N, 165.5846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scammon Bay, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8426&lon=-165.5846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4535F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4535F) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850905055459I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING TIP STRUCK WATER AS SEAPLANE CAME UP ONTO STEP. GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH WATER A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N4535F (2)

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

- [Accident 19980225001769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980225001769A), Feb 25, 1998: Cessna A185E (N4535F), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Left wheel axle broke on landing roll. Left wing struck the ground. Axle attach bolts were stripped of threads. (.4)the pilot landed the tailwheel-equipped…
- [Accident 19830725035749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830725035749A), Jul 25, 1983: Cessna A185E (N4535F), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. Seaplane float struck sandbar during takeoff run causing aircraft to nose over onto river bank.

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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