# Accident 19980604015329A: Cessna A185F, Ilimna, AK, June 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1998, 20:10 local time
- Place: Ilimna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UKHC
- Location: 59.8499° N, 154.5609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8499&lon=-154.5609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32663, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32663-2012-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980604015329A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. CRASH LANDED ON A HILLSIDE. (.4) THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AND LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER UNTIL ALTITUDE COULD NO LONGER BE MAINTAINED, AND THE PILOT SELECTED A HILLSIDE AS AN EMERGENCY LANDING SITE.  DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING, THE AIRPLANE'S FUSELAGE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ON JULY 1, NTSB PERSONNEL PERFORMED AN ENGINE EXAMINATION AT WICK AIR, INC., WASILLA, ALASKA.  NO PREACCIDENT ENGINE ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.  ON SEPTEMBER 11, FAA PERSONNEL OPERATED THE ENGINE ON THE AIRFRAME, AND REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY AT IDLE POWER.                                                   (-23) WHILE A/C WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE POWER DECREASED TO ABOUT 18' MPREASON FOR POWER REDUCTION IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. A/C COULD NOT SUSTAIN FLIGHT AT THAT POWER SETTING AND CRASHED.

## 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 ANC98LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA064), Jun 5, 1998: Cessna 185F (N32663), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the hilly terrain.

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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