Cessna 185 pilot reported he experienced power loss during takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	1373560
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skywagon 185
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 5200 Flight Crew Type 10
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Power loss was experienced shortly after takeoff resulting in landing in grass off end of runway. Switching to emergency boost did not solve the problem immediately.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 185 pilot reported he experienced power loss during takeoff.

Narrative: Power Loss was experienced shortly after takeoff resulting in landing in grass off end of runway. Switching to emergency boost did not solve the problem immediately.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.