# NTSB ANC85LA171: Cessna 182B, N2500G, English Bay, AK, September 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1985, 21:45 local (Sep 5, 1985, 05:45 UTC)
- Place: English Bay, AK
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4560
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4560/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA171

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - light condition - dusk

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE ACFT CRASH IN THE COOK INLET WHILE IT WAS IN A STEEP DESCENT. NEITHER THE ACFT NOR THE PLT WERE RECOVERED; HOWEVER, SOME SMALL OBJECTS FROM THE ACFT WERE RETRIEVED. THE PLT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2500G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bill (Nmn) Hanley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 11, 1984
- Departed: HOM, HOMER, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 11,744 total, 11,530 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19850904043349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850904043349A), Sep 4, 1985: Cessna 182B, English Bay, AK, Destroyed. Witnesses saw aircraft strike water near vertical. Possible suicide as reports indicate depression.

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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