# Accident 19851223063539A: Cessna 182A, Lake Clark Pass, AK, December 23, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1985, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lake Clark Pass, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5009D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5009D-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851223063539A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN AT THE 750 FOOT LEVEL AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT ON A GRAVEL BAR DUE TO WEATHER.

## 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 ANC86FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86FA020), Dec 23, 1985: Cessna 182 (N5009D), Lake Clark Pass, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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