- Date
- April 23, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9824XCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830423068089I
- Case key
- 4088
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,ram air/induction air - blocked(partial)Factor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Analysis
Loss of power caused by rags stuffed into the engine air induction intake duct forced the pilot to make an emergency landing on a frozen lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9824X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850024
- Airframe hours
- 2,425
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Tears
- Registered owner
- John L. Haynes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1982 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- 9AK4 · Tyonek, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,320 total · 1,008 in this make and model · 10,200 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.