# NTSB Accident ANC02LA110
> **Cessna 185** · 2002-09-01 · PORT ALSWORTH, AK, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC02LA110
- **Event ID:** 20020910X01579
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-09-01
- **Location:** PORT ALSWORTH, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.111667, -154.671661
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 185
- **Registration:** N185CF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the area weather conditions, and his subsequent inability to maintain terrain clearance upon encountering a downdraft, which resulted in an in-flight collision with tree-covered mountainous terrain.   A factor in the accident was a downdraft.

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