# Accident 20070510020169A: Cessna 185, Glennallen, AK, May 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2007, 13:00 local time
- Place: Glennallen, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9464° N, 148.0442° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9464&lon=-148.0442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9832X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9832X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070510020169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DEPARTING A SMALL AIRSTRIP, ABOUT 65 MILES NW OF GLENNALLEN, AK, IN HIS WHEEL-EQUIPPED CE-185. THE SURFACE OF THE STRIP WAS WET AND SOFT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 8 KNOTS AND SOME WINDSHEAR. THE PILOT STATED THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL UNTIL AFTER LIFT-OFF. AFTER RETRACTING HIS FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TOWARD THE GROUND. BY THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER SOME WILLOW BUSHES STANDING ABOUT 3 FEET TALL. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE WILLOW BUSHES, CONTACTED A SMALL SPRUCE TREE, AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS ONE PASSENGER WAS INJURED.

## 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 ANC07CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA033), May 10, 2007: Cessna 185 (N9832X), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff initial climb, which resulted in a descent into high vegetation, and a nose over. Factors contributing to the accident were the…

## Other reports on N9832X (1)

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

- [Accident 19751112039219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751112039219A), Nov 12, 1975: Cessna 185 (N9832X), SD, Substantial damage

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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