# Incident 20040508008859I: Cessna A185E, Anchor River, AK, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Anchor River, AK
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4757Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4757Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 13,500 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/20040508008859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT CRUISE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE AND ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. PILOT REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT AND SMOKE WOULD CLEAR. WHEN POWER WAS REAPPLIED SMOKE AND ENGINE VIBRATION INCREASED. NO INDICATION OF ENGINE PROBLEMS PRIOR TO SMOKE IN CABIN. PILOT LANDED ON BEACH BY ANCHOR RIVER.

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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