# Accident 20041010029579A: Cessna A185F, King Salmon, AK, October 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2004, 11:07 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6667° N, 156.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6667&lon=-156.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5001R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5001R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88,063 total, 3,590 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010029579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF THE FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRPLANE AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS DEPARTED A FISHING LODGE SHORTLY AFTER DAWN. THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATED AND CAME ONTO THE STEP NORMALLY. JUST PRIOR TO LIFT OFF THE PILOT ROLLED IN A LITTLE AFT TRIM AND THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE WATER. AS THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATED, THE PITCH ATTITUDE BEGAN TO INCREASE. THE PILOT APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE TO LOWE THE NOSE BUT THE NOSE CONTINUED TO RISE. POWER WAS THEN REDUCED TO IDLE AND THE NOSE BEGAN TO LOWER BUT THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PITCH ATTITUDE BY MEANS OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED THE PILOT DISCOVERED A SCREWDRIVER HAD BEEN INSERTED INTO THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO ACT AS A CONTROL LOCK. THE PILOT REMOVED THE SCREWDRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO RAISE THE NOSE TO A LANDING ATTITUDE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB BEFORE THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE FLOAT ATTACH STRUTS.

## 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 ANC05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA004), Oct 10, 2004: Cessna 185F (N5001R), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use a checklist, and to remove the flight control locks prior to flight, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with terrain/water.

## Other reports on N5001R (1)

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

- [Incident 19910303010092I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910303010092I), Mar 3, 1991: Cessna A185F (N5001R), Eagle River, AK, Minor damage. Hit by NR9974 as pilot was leveling off for touchdown. Other aircraft had just lifted off on departure.

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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