# NTSB ANC83IA074: Cessna 185, N9824X, Anchorage, AK, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220577, -149.850555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2206&lon=-149.8506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA074

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - blocked(partial) (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1850024
- Airframe hours: 2425
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830423068089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423068089I), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna 185, Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Lost power at cruise altitude. Landed on lake. Broke through ice. Found rags in carburetor air intake box.

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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