# Incident 19910812042889I: Cessna A185E, Ketchikan, AK, August 12, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90033-1997-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910812042889I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER FORCED LANDING IN THE WATER OUTSIDE OF GOOSENECK HARBOR.

## Other reports on N90033 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950914029599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950914029599A), Sep 14, 1995: Cessna A185E (N90033), Petersburg, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Crashed on glacier slope. Fog in area. Glacier snow covered floats indicate vertical impact. VFR not recommended.

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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