# Incident 19870328026379I: Cessna A185F, Umiat, AK, March 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: Umiat, AK
- Airport: Umiat
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 69.3711° N, 152.1350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UMIAT (UMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=69.3711&lon=-152.1350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4886E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4886E-2010-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 70 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328026379I

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING OVER THE CENTER OF THE AIRPORT TO OBSERVE A WINDSOCK THE GEAR STRUCK THE NDB ANTENNA.

## Other reports on N4886E (1)

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

- [Incident 19880216008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880216008379I), Feb 16, 1988: Cessna A185F (N4886E), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Hard landing. Lost directional control. Ground looped. Struck a snow berm.

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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