# NTSB ANC84LA083: Cessna 185F, N1790R, Anchorage, AK, June 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1984, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4297
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4297/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA083

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING HIS FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT, THE PLT NOTICED THAT ANOTHER ACFT THAT HAD LANDED BEFORE HIM HAD NOT CLEARED THE LANDING AREA. HE ATTEMPTED A SHARP LEFT TURN AROUND THE OTHER ACFT & THE ACFT HIT A BEACH & FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1790R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1790R), registered now, S/N 18502506 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502506
- Airframe hours: 384
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michael A. Bergt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1984, 15 hours before
- Departed: ANC, ANCHORAGE, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 258 total, 156 in this make and model, 161 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840603024309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603024309A), Jun 3, 1984: Cessna 185F, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Floatplane hit sandbar and flipped inverted when pilot took evasive action to miss another airplane.

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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