# Accident 20050427007579A: Cessna A185F, Anchorage, AK, April 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2005, 18:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2000° N, 149.8167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2000&lon=-149.8167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2658S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050427007579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD (MRI) RUNWAY 24 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:10 PM, WITH TWO PASSENGERS. UPON RETURN FROM A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT TO MRI ON HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 OUT 2 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH MRI TOWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE HIS POINT OF INTENDED LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT SOME HIGH-TENSION POWER LINES JUST BEFORE THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THE POWER LINES, STALLED AND LANDED UPRIGHT IN THE TREES AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON ITS WHEEL EQUIPPED SKIS. ALL THREE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC05LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA063), Apr 28, 2005: Cessna 185F (N2658S), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during descent due to a loose mixture control linkage, and the pilot/owner's failure to maintain the airplane's annual inspection schedule, which resulted in a forced…

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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