# Accident 19900617020559A: Cessna A185E, Chandler, AK, June 17, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1990, 14:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.5053° N, 148.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandalar, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.5053&lon=-148.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2797J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2797J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 40 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900617020559A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC90LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA091), Jun 17, 1990: Cessna 185 (N2797J), Chandler, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.

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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