# Incident 19880216008379I: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, February 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 175 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880216008379I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. GROUND LOOPED. STRUCK A SNOW BERM.

## Other reports on N4886E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870328026379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328026379I), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna A185F (N4886E), Umiat, AK. While flying over the center of the airport to observe a windsock the gear struck the NDB antenna.

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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