# Incident 19960527016809I: Cessna A185F, Talkeetna, AK, May 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1996, 13:11 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K2IC
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527016809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 27, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1055 HOURS LOCAL A CESSNA A185F, N124KT OWNED BY K2 ADVENTURES, INC., DBA K2 AVIATION, OPERATED BY JEFFERY WOODS POSSESSING A COMMERCIAL PILOT'S CERTIFICATE STATED THAT AT TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AND MADE AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE RUNWAY WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURY. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AS A BUSINESS FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 OPERATION. THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TALKEETNA AIRPORT, ALASKA AT 1050 HOURS LOCAL. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE BRASS THROTTLE ARM WORN THROUGH PART NUMBER 632555-34 MFG. TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL COMPANY. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A NEAR MISS COLLISION.

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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