Cessna A185F accidents

The NTSB database holds 377 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna A185F, recorded between 1973 to 2026. 58 of them were fatal (15%), and 115 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 9 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (36 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Unknown/Not Reported.

101 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

377

Records

Fatal

115

Deaths

15%

Share fatal

1973 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 276 of 377 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 41

1980s 107

1990s 71

2000s 66

2010s 46

2020s 46

Where these happened

United States 368 Canada 5 Unknown/Not Reported 1 Indonesia 1 Mexico 1 Guatemala 1

Operators involved

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2 Cook Inlet AVI 2 Southern Seaplane, Inc. 2 Antonio Torregrosa 1 Cudd Pressure 1 Singleton, James L. 1

All 377 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Jul 2011	Cessna A185F N8436Q	Yabucoa, United States	Antonio Torregrosa	Fatal	5
4 Aug 1973	Cessna A185F N70295	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Revilla Flying	Fatal	5
27 Mar 2003	Cessna A185F N53008	Grand Junction, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
9 Aug 1999	Cessna A185F N80229	Juneau, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
26 Aug 1995	Cessna A185F N4944E	Block Island, Rhode Island, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
26 Aug 1984	Cessna A185F N61584	Lake Delton, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
24 Jul 1982	Cessna A185F N9682Q	11NM East of Si, Alaska, United States	Bellair	Fatal	4
18 Jul 1981	Cessna A185F N7607G	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
31 Jul 1980	Cessna A185F N80330	Kodiak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
14 Mar 1980	Cessna A185F N93322	Shaktoolik, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
19 May 1973	Cessna A185F N70298	Moab, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
25 Apr 2012	Cessna A185F N243W	Blanding, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	3
28 Sep 2000	Cessna A185F N90151	Smithers, Canada no coordinates	LUY, Dennis J.	Fatal	3
21 Jan 1983	Cessna A185F N61764	Nyac, Alaska, United States no coordinates	John T. Bloomquist	Fatal	3
24 Jul 2008	Cessna A185F N6320N	Shelton, Washington, United States	Mark Storer Aviation LLC	Fatal	2
12 Sep 2005	Cessna A185F N70365	Port Hardy, Canada	Phillip W. Bohner	Fatal	2
6 Aug 2005	Cessna A185F C-FDXH	Lake Simcoe, Canada	-	Fatal	2
28 Aug 2002	Cessna A185F N7300R	Kodiak, Alaska, United States	C-Air	Fatal	2
30 May 2002	Cessna A185F N1577B	Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania, United States	Robert E. Fulton	Fatal	2
4 Aug 1998	Cessna A185F N888KS	Phillips, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Feb 1994	Cessna A185F N53064	Sterling Hgts, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Aug 1991	Cessna A185F N1687M	Amitchiak Lake, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Gaedeke, Bernd A.	Fatal	2
22 Jan 1985	Cessna A185F N24BC	Pine Valley, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Jun 1984	Cessna A185F N4665E	Houma, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Mar 1981	Cessna A185F N4862C	Patzau, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Ribbon Distrib	Fatal	2
15 Dec 1979	Cessna A185F N1850R	Venice, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Pan Air Corpor	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1979	Cessna A185F N4961Q	Dillon, Montana, United States no coordinates	Aerial Geophys	Fatal	2
16 Aug 1979	Cessna A185F N8245Q	Westwego, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Gulfcoast Cont	Fatal	2
18 Dec 1976	Cessna A185F N3464Y	Nondalton, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Sep 1976	Cessna A185F N53075	Geraldine, Montana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 May 2026	Cessna A185F N61368	Avon, Maine, United States	Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	Fatal	1
22 Aug 2025	Cessna A185F N714HE	Bangor, Maine, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Aug 2024	Cessna A185F N61323	Kent, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Oct 2022	Cessna A185F N217C	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
25 Jun 2016	Cessna A185F N4585F	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	1
2 Sep 2014	Cessna A185F N4446C	Baie-Comeau, Canada	-	Fatal	1
24 Mar 2011	Cessna A185F N724MT	Ashland, Maine, United States	Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	Fatal	1
1 Aug 2010	Cessna A185F N4976E	Newfane, New York, United States	Frontier Skydivers	Fatal	1
1 Aug 2010	Cessna A185F N369E	Rockwood, Maine, United States	-	Fatal	1
21 Aug 2004	Cessna A185F N7562Q	Toutle, Washington, United States	Robert Londo	Fatal	1
19 May 2004	Cessna A185F N61611	Molalla, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	1
4 Sep 2002	Cessna A185F N24GS	Howard, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 2001	Cessna A185F N61909	Lucile, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Nov 1999	Cessna A185F N6245E	Astoria, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	1
5 Jun 1999	Cessna A185F N61609	Soldotna, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Aug 1998	Cessna A185F N5314R	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
3 Jan 1995	Cessna A185F N94296	Tehachapi, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
12 Aug 1990	Cessna A185F N5317R	Wrangell, Alaska, United States	Temsco Airlines	Fatal	1
15 Jun 1989	Cessna A185F N70466	Ely, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Sep 1985	Cessna A185F N333WL	Catahoula, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	1