# Incident 19870508024869I: Cessna A185F, Anchorage, AK, May 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1987, 13:25 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4649E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649E) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508024869I

## Narrative

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

CLEARED TO TAXI PAST THE REAR OF A BOEING 747 AND WAS WARNED ABOUT JET BLAST.  BLOWN ONTO WINGTIP AND NOSE.

## Other reports on N4649E (2)

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

- [Incident 19940804043749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940804043749I), Aug 4, 1994: Cessna A185F (N4649E), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Aborted water takeoff and struck lake shore at 10 mph.
- [Accident 19910524018669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910524018669A), May 24, 1991: Cessna A185F (N4649E), Sterling, AK, Substantial damage. During water taxi float grounded on rock. Pilot slipped off float trying to free float and fell into idling prop.

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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