# Accident 20190415002809A: Cessna A185F, Nome, AK, April 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.9258° N, 164.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.9258&lon=-164.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5163E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5163E-2022-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,378 total, 337 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19TA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19TA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190415002809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM KOTZEBUE TO NOME ALASKA, IN MARGINAL VMC. HE DEVIATED HIS ROUTE TO THE WEST AND FLEW INTO A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. HE OBSERVED DETERIORATING WEATHER IN HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS GPS AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND FLEW INTO IMC. HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND TURNED RIGHT TO ESCAPE AND HE IMPACTED TERRAIN.

## 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 ANC19TA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19TA017), Apr 15, 2019: Cessna A185 (N5163E), Nome, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and controlled…

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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