# Accident 19860209002519A: Cessna 182A, Merrill Pass, AK, February 9, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1986, 14:00 local time
- Place: Merrill Pass, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3813D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3813D-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 350 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860209002519A

## Narrative

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

STARTED A TURN AFTER ATTEMPTING TO OUTCLIMB WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN A PASS AND CRASHED.

## 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 ANC86LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA028), Feb 9, 1986: Cessna 182-A (N3813D), Merrill Pass, AK, destroyed

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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