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Accident

FAA accident report · Cessna A185E · Larson Bay, AK · May 3, 1988

Date: May 3, 1988 · 15:45 local
Place: Larson Bay, AK
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Aircraft: N9030R
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC88FA052
Reported as: Cessna A185E
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,666 total1,015 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N9030RRegistered now · Cessna A185ES/N 185-1244 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna A185E Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Overtook and collided with N54768 and severing part of its wing causing it to crash. Both aircraft spotting fish.

As the FAA filed it

OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH N54768 AND SEVERING PART OF ITS WING CAUSING IT TO CRASH. BOTH AIRCRAFT SPOTTING FISH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC88FA052Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportLarson Bay, AKA float equipped Piper PA-18-150 and float equipped Cessna 185F, were involved in a midair collision at an altitude of approximately 800 feet MSL over Larson Bay, AK. At the time of the midair collision both aircraft were being used as fish spotters for…May 3, 1988 · 2 aircraft · No damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N54768Piper PA18150Accident 19880503027832A · Destroyed · 1 fatal