# Incident 19880921058069I: Cessna 185F, Superior, WI, September 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1988, 11:15 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard Bong Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7208° N, 92.1041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7208&lon=-92.1041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94059, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94059) (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 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921058069I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. LANDED SHORT OF GRASS RUNWAY. STRUCK RUNWAY MARKER. FUEL SELECTOR PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N94059 (3)

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

- [Accident 20131102020872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020872A), Nov 2, 2013: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft were flying in formation conducting parachute operations. This aircraft was the trailing aircraft. After reaching jump altitude of approximately…
- [Incident 19970412011599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970412011599I), Apr 12, 1997: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. Narrative: skydiver robert wesley young exited the aircraft at 11,000 ft. MSL and joined in a 3-WAY jump and at 3,000 ft. MSL the group separated. Mr. Young…
- [Incident 19881103069919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103069919I), Nov 3, 1988: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. Student chutist entered spin. Jump master unable to grasp him. Impacted fatally. Main chute partly deployed.

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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