# Accident 20040508008989A: Cessna A185E, Denver, CO, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5700° N, 104.8492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185K-2008-01-29) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 180 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508008989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 8, 2004 CESSNA N185K CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER FAR 91. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN04LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA071), May 8, 2004: Cessna A185E (N185K), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which failed to verify an adequate fuel supply and his inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion. The inadequate indication of…

## Other reports on N185K (1)

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

- [Accident 19960815046039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815046039A), Aug 15, 1996: Cessna A185E (N185K), Cody, WY, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot landed to the west at a private airstrip, using moderate braking to stop on a steep downhill portion of the runway. He backtaxied and loaded his…

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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