# Incident 19900702037389I: Cessna 185F, Cape Douglas, AK, July 2, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1990, 20:50 local time
- Place: Cape Douglas, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SKOC
- Aircraft: N21753, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21753-1995-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,667 total, 343 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900702037389I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST RPM AND OIL PRESSURE. SHUT IT DOWN AND MADE A SAFE WATER LANDING. CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED.

## Other reports on N21753 (2)

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

- [Accident 19910923042819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910923042819A), Sep 23, 1991: Cessna A185F (N21753), Koliganek, AK, Substantial damage. Settled after liftoff from a lake, ran out of lake,jerked aircraft into air to miss 5 foot shoreline and overturned
- [Accident 19820923050089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923050089A), Sep 23, 1982: Cessna A185F (N21753), Chip River, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck two foot deep snowdrift during landing which caused nose over.

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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