Plane Crash List

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 Indonesia.

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
58
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 Indonesia 1 Mexico 1 Guatemala 1 Unknown/Not Reported 1

Operators involved

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2 Cook Inlet AVI 2 Southern Seaplane, Inc. 2 Indian Marine Inc. 1 Joseph G. Folsom 1 Adventure Airways 1

All 377 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
14 Nov 1978 Cessna A185F
N101AM
 Harvey, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Champion Chmls Serious injuries -
25 Apr 1978 Cessna A185F
N1084F
 Ramona, California, United States
no coordinates
 Mission AVN No injuries -
18 Mar 1978 Cessna A185F
N93030
 Alamosa, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Leach Fly Serv No injuries -
1 Mar 1978 Cessna A185F
N2045Q
 Muscatine, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
 Aviation Activ No injuries -
24 Jan 1978 Cessna A185F
N1344Q
 Berrien Spring, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
9 Dec 1977 Cessna A185F
N5401R
 Canton, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
2 Nov 1977 Cessna A185F
N93121
 Barnca de Tul, Mexico
no coordinates
 Inter AM DIV No injuries -
16 Sep 1977 Cessna A185F
N1479F
 Boulder Co, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
10 Sep 1977 Cessna A185F
N93829
 Cordova, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Wipair, Inc No injuries -
24 Sep 1976 Cessna A185F
N3367R
 Seldovia, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Cook Inlet AVI No injuries -
23 Sep 1976 Cessna A185F
N70279
 Patterson, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Berry Brothers Serious injuries -
1 Sep 1976 Cessna A185F
N51BC
 Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Benton Casing No injuries -
13 Aug 1976 Cessna A185F
N38FC
 Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Frank's Casing No injuries -
23 Jun 1976 Cessna A185F
N4311R
 Bethel, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Sea Airmotive No injuries -
29 May 1976 Cessna A185F
N3478Y
 Bangor, Maine, United States
no coordinates
 Empire Co.inc No injuries -
24 May 1976 Cessna A185F
N102AM
 Venice, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Champion Chemi No injuries -
19 Apr 1976 Cessna A185F
N1799R
 Haines, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Southeast Skyw No injuries -
9 Feb 1976 Cessna A185F
N1052F
 York, Nebraska, United States
no coordinates
 Donmar Aviatio No injuries -
22 Dec 1975 Cessna A185F
N2678S
 Oak Island, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 Warroad Airway No injuries -
19 Nov 1975 Cessna A185F
N4871C
 Bermuda Dunes, California, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
7 Nov 1975 Cessna A185F
N1284F
 Crested Butte, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Minor injuries -
4 Aug 1975 Cessna A185F
N2525S
 Geraldine, Montana, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
4 Aug 1975 Cessna A185F
N87ST
 Sitka, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Eagle Air No injuries -
26 Jun 1975 Cessna A185F
N53008
 Burlington, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Wh&Rf Seelhoff Minor injuries -
1 Apr 1975 Cessna A185F
N4661C
 Connell, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Connell Aviati No injuries -
20 Mar 1975 Cessna A185F
N4948C
 Havre, Montana, United States
no coordinates
 Havre Aviation No injuries -
16 Mar 1974 Cessna A185F
N70418
 New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Kodiak Airways, Inc. No injuries -