# Accident 20100912049419A: Cessna 185A, Paxon, AK, September 12, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2010, 15:53 local time
- Place: Paxon, AK
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K06A
- Location: 62.8353° N, 146.2353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8353&lon=-146.2353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4038Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4038Y-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100912049419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM THE WATER, GOT AIRBORNE WITH A HEADWIND AND RETERACTED THE FLAPS. AT 200' STARTED A LEFT TURN AT 70 MPH.  THE A/C WAS HIT WITH A GUST OF WIND THAT PUT A/C ON ITS SIDE IN A 40 TO 50 DEGREE BANK ANGLE.  PILOT STATED THAT HE LEVELLED THE WINGS  AND THEN WAS HIT WITH ANOTHER GUST AND THE A/C WAS  PUT  INTO A STEEPER BANK OF 50 TO  60 DEGREES .  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT KEEP AIRCRAFT FLYING AND THEY CRASHED INTO THE TREES.

## 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 ANC10LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA087), Sep 12, 2010: Cessna 185A (N4038Y), Paxson, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to make a climbing turn close to the ground in gusting wind at a low airspeed, resulting in a loss of control and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N4038Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20080404831889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080404831889I), Apr 4, 2008: Cessna 185A (N4038Y), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated, while landing runway 29 in King Salmon Alaska, he ground looped his CE-185. Winds were 240 at 20-25. He stated that the airplane…

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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