- Date
- June 5, 1983, 20:57 local (Jun 6, 1983, 04:57 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1693MCessna 185-E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830605025369A
- Case key
- 4026
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing after a loss of power in cruise flt. The pilot said he checked the throttle position then advanced it with no reaction. The pilot declared an emergency on frequency 121.5 the emergency fuel pump was turned on but turned off because the pilot said the engine sounded like it was flooded. The pilot said the engine never stopped running completely. During the investigation it was discovered that the throttle brellcrank bearing and bolt were missing from the throttle rod assembly (pn 16500161) on the lower part of the engine. Just 27 days before the accident peninsula acft services of kenai AK repositioned the throttle and adjusted the idle and mixture. Weather was not a factor in the accident.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1693M
- Reported as
- Cessna 185-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18501878
- Airframe hours
- 4,588
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larrie O. Woods
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1982 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- SXQ · Soldotna, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 42 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.