# NTSB ANC70AA086: Cessna 185, N1523F, Ketchikan, AK, June 8, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1970
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC70AA086
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70AA086

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0772   70/6/8    KETCHIKAN,ALAS      CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1530                    N1523F              PX-  0  0  1  AIR TAXI-PASSG            27, 3153 TOTAL HOURS, 185
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COPPERMOUNT,ALAS            KETCHIKAN,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- LANDED IN HARBOR.HIT BOAT WHILE TAXIING TO DOCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1523F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1523F), registered now, S/N 185-0866, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 185D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185d) (registry code 2072812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ketchikan

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.

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