# Incident 20010129004399I: Cessna A185E, Chugiak, AK, January 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70020, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70020-2010-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,988 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010129004399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 29 JANUARY 2001, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC OF N70020, A CESSNA 185, RETURNED TO BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT (BCV) AND COULD NOT LAND DUE TO HEAVY FOG. ^PRIVACY DA^DECIDED TO LEAVE BCV AND LAND AT UPPER FIRE LAKE. ^PRIVACY DA^DESCENDED THROUGH THE FOG DURING APPROACH LANDING AT UPPER FIRE LAKE AND STRUCK A TREE. AIRCRAFT N70020 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE COWLING, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT TIP OF THE HORIZONTAL FAIRING, RIGHT BUBBLE WINDOW, AND EXHAUST. ON 30 JANUARY 2001, ^PRIVACY DA^ FLEW N70020 TO BCV TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE AT TALON INDUSTRIES AVIATION SERVICE AND REPAIR.

## Other reports on N70020 (5)

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

- [Accident 20070731018089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070731018089A), Jul 31, 2007: Cessna A185E (N70020), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 31 July, 2007 at 1500 local Alaska time, float equipped Cessna CE-185, N70020 departed stephan lake on a flight to lake hood, anchorage, AK. Thirty…
- [Accident 19930606017009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930606017009A), Jun 6, 1993: Cessna A185E (N70020), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to sustain flight in floatplane. Settled into trees and brush. Over gross weight and downdraft were factor.
- [Accident 19791206042749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206042749A), Dec 6, 1979: Cessna 185 (N70020), Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. No brake on one wheel on tail wheel type landing, on rough icy runway. Elected to ground-loop to stop. Hit ditch.
- [Incident 19791027054189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791027054189I), Oct 27, 1979: Cessna A185E (N70020), Mountain Villag, AK. Engine slowly lost power. Could be shutdown only by fuel selector. Bracket support for throttle cable broken.
- [Accident 19740912037359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740912037359A), Sep 12, 1974: Cessna A185E (N70020), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Float equipped. Hit lake bank.

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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