# NTSB SEA85LA223: Cessna A185F, N61298, Eastsound, WA, September 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 23, 1985, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Eastsound, WA
- Coordinates: 48.619228, -122.869377 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6192&lon=-122.8694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40246
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40246/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA223

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE ACFT VEERED RIGHT AND THE PLT OVERCORRECTED TO THE LEFT. THE ACFT THEN DEPARTED THE RWY TO THE LEFT STRIKING VASI LIGHTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61298](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61298), registered now, S/N 18504142, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- 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: 18504142
- Airframe hours: 301
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kathleen Kelley Carmichael
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 9, 1985
- Departed: S17, EASTSOUND, WA
- Destination: SEA, SEATTLE, WA
- Airport: S17, Eastsound, runway 16, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 529 total, 167 in this make and model, 396 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °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 19850923067589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850923067589A), Sep 23, 1985: Cessna A185F, East Sound, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered on takeoff roll and pilot overcorrected. Departed runway and struck the VASI lights.

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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