# Accident 20040525012199A: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, May 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2004, 18:18 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2136° N, 149.8445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70233, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70233) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,106 total, 2 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040525012199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT: AFTER A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT PILOT ALONG WITH ONE PASSENGER TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 24 @ MRI TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED AIRCRAFT AND THIS WAS TO BE HIS FIRST FLIGHT. FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY 70 GALS. AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT AND PAX OBSERVED THAT THE AIRPLANE WASN'T CLIMBING. PAX YELLED TO PUT THE GEAR UP. PILOT STATED THAT MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND RPM WERE INDICATING FULL TAKEOFF POWER (PAX STATED 2750 RPM), BUT THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE PERFORMING AS THOUGH IT HAD TAKEOFF POWER. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND TO LAND BACK AT THE AIRPORT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO POWER LINES, A HOUSE ROOF AND FINALLY ENDED UP IN THE DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE; PILOT AND PAX RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES DUE IN PART TO SEATBELT/SHOULDER HARNESS COMBINATION AND THE FLOATS ABSORBING MUCH OF THE IMPACT. AIRCRAFT INSPECTION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL ISSUES. ENGINE INSPECTION REVEALED SLIGHT WATER CONTAMINATION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTOR UNIT AND SIGNIFICANT CORROSION IN DISTRIBUTOR AND FUEL CONTROL FINGER SCREENS.

## 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 ANC04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA057), May 26, 2004: Cessna 185E (N70233), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/owner's failure to ensure that the airplane was in an airworthy condition prior to flight, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and subsequent in-flight collision with a…

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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