# Incident 20090725047849I: Cessna A185F, King Salmon, AK, July 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2009, 14:25 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3969Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3969Q) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 13,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090725047849I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, HE WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ON BROOKS LAKE NEAR KING SALMON, ALASKA ON 7/25/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1425 ADT (2225Z). AS HE TURNED DOWNWIND THE STRONG TAILWIND PICKED UP THE TAIL OF HIS AIRCRAFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION BY USING POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO "NOSE OVER", STANDING ON THE NOSE BRIEFLY, THEN CONTUING OVER ON IT'S BACK. THE AIRMAN THEN ORDERED AN EVACUATION BY SHOUTING "GET OUT!" HE THEN ASSISTED HIS YOUNGEST CHILD OUT. THE REMAINING THREE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD REMAINED SITTING ON THE OVERTURNED AIRCRAFT UNTIL PARK RANGERS IN A BOAT, ALONG WITH ANOTHER FLOAT PLANE ARRIVED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR PASSENGERS OR THE AIRMAN AND THE AIRCRAFT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE IN THE INCIDENT, ALTHOUGH IT RECEIVED MORE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE LATER AFTER FLOATING INTO A ROCKY AREA AND BEING BATTERED BY WIND AND WAVES.

## Other reports on N3969Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20160629022399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160629022399A), Jun 29, 2016: Cessna A185F (N3969Q), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. NWS ASOS reporting winds 100 @ 13 G24 2154Z (1354L), 100 @ 19 G20 PK29 2254Z (1454L). Pilot wrote that akn ATIS reported winds 080 @ 15 G24, upon clearance to…

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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