# Accident 20181223018699A: Cessna A185F, Big Lake, AK, December 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2018, 19:00 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5375° N, 149.8503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5375&lon=-149.8503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93018, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93018) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,240 total, 1,240 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19CA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181223018699A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON UNLIGHTED ICE STRIP ON BIG LAKE ALASKA IN THE DARK. LANDING LIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING.  PILOT DECIDED TO ATEMPT A LANDING AT UNLIGHTED AND UNFAMILIAR ICE STRIP INSTEAD OF NUMERIOUS LIGHTED AIRFIELD OPTIONS IN THE LOCAL AREA.

## 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 ANC19CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19CA009), Dec 23, 2018: Cessna A185 (N93018), Big Lake, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to land on a roadway during dark night conditions with inoperable landing and taxi lights, which resulted in an impact with a snow berm.

## Other reports on N93018 (3)

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

- [Accident 19930701021499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930701021499A), Jul 1, 1993: Cessna 185F (N93018), Wasill, AK, Substantial damage. Water takeoff on narrow part of lake. Got downdraft near shore. Struck trees. Had not flown aircraft for a year.
- [Accident 19870905050299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870905050299A), Sep 5, 1987: Cessna A185F (N93018), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway on landing. The tail wheel tire was found to have been flat.
- [Incident 19870621073169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870621073169I), Jun 21, 1987: Cessna A185F (N93018), Glennallen, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft ground looped during a crosswind landing.

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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