# Incident 19960902035439I: Cessna A185F, Sitka, AK, September 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1996, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61984 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960902035439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SITCOH LAKE AND CLIMBED OUT TO 1500 FEET. TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD ENGINE NOISE, LOST ONE MAGNETO AND EXPERIENCED HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATION. PILOT SUSPECTED A BLOWN CYLINDER AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WATER. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED #6 CYLINDER THREW A ROD THROUGH THE CASE DAMAGING ONE MAGNETO. ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.

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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