# Accident 20040519010489A: Cessna A185E, King Salmon, AK, May 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2004, 21:00 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.4867° N, 156.7350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.4867&lon=-156.7350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1932U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1932U) (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 IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040519010489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT A CESSNA 185E (N1932U) LANDED ON LOWER UGASHIK LAKE WHILE BEAR HUNTING. THE TAKE OFF AREA WAS A STRIP OF SAND AND GRAVEL COMPOSITION NOT SOFT OR HARD PACKED, BUT SOLID ENOUGH FOR LANDING AND TAKE OFF. THE WIDTH OF THE USABLE SHORE LINE WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN TO TWELVE FEET, WITH AN EIGHT TO TEN FOOT BERM OFF THE LEFT WING. AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT (MR. FRYER) HE WAS TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH AN ESTIMATED LEFT QUARTERING CROSSWIND OF ABOUT FIFTEEN KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH SOUTH WEST. DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE PILOT (MR. FRYER) INDICATED THE RIGHT HAND TIRE WAS ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF TO TWO FEET FROM THE WATERS EDGE. AT ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED ONLY INCHES OFF THE GROUND AND THE NEXT THING HE (MR. FRYER) REMEMBERS IS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHING OVER ABOUT SIXTY DEGREES INTO THE GROUND. AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH GROUND THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE UP SLOPE OF THE SHORE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK INTO THE LAKE.

## 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 ANC04LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA055), May 20, 2004: Cessna 185E (N1932U), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff and initial climb, which resulted in a loss of control, and an in-flight collision with water. A factor contributing to the…

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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