# Accident 19851010054379A: Cessna 182N, Winterport, ME, October 10, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1985, 18:25 local time
- Place: Winterport, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6478° N, 68.8608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winterport, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6478&lon=-68.8608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9005G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9005G-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851010054379A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES CROSSING A RIVER AND IMPACTED WATER.  AIRCRAFT SANK.  PILOT HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL.  MARGINAL VFR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA030), Oct 10, 1985: Cessna C-182N (N9005G), Winterport, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9005G (1)

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

- [Accident 19730303004429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730303004429A), Mar 3, 1973: Cessna 182N (N9005G), Brownsville, TX, Substantial damage. Porpoised nose gr failed bent prop blade tips.

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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