# Accident 20020901025869A: Cessna 185F, Portalsworth, AK, September 1, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Portalsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1117° N, 154.6717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1117&lon=-154.6717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185CF-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185F (registry code 2072820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901025869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/01/2002 ABOUT 0900 ADT, A FLOAT-EQUIPPED CESSNA 185 AIRPLANE, N185CF, SUSTAINED DAMAGE DURING A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN, ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ALSWORTH, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KEYS POINT, LAKE CLARK, ALASKA ABOUT 0858ADT. THE PILOT AND THE TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KEYES POINT, LAKE CLARK, ALASKA.

## 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 ANC02LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA110), Sep 1, 2002: Cessna 185 (N185CF), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the area weather conditions, and his subsequent inability to maintain terrain clearance upon encountering a downdraft, which resulted in an in-flight collision…

## Other reports on N185CF (1)

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

- [Incident 19900518057589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518057589I), May 18, 1990: Cessna 185F (N185CF), St Helens, OR, Minor damage. During water taxi to dock, wing struck a houseboat.

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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