# Accident 19730717021829A: Cessna 185B, Healy, AK, July 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1973
- Place: Healy, AK
- Airport: Eva Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 64.0421° N, 148.8631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVA CREEK (2Z3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0421&lon=-148.8631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2554Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2554Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185B (registry code 2072806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,079 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730717021829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROUGH RUTTED ROCKY RWY. R WHEEL FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC74AA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA010), Jul 17, 1973: Cessna 185 (N2554Z), Healy, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2554Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150817015059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150817015059I), Aug 17, 2015: Cessna 185B (N2554Z), Anchorage, AK, No damage. Aircraft ran out of fuel and airman landed on the highway.
- [Accident 19740820037339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740820037339A), Aug 20, 1974: Cessna 185B (N2554Z), Kongiganak, AK, Substantial damage. Plt stated became airborne,flap latch slipped,acft dropped to water. Plt cut pwr & acft hit bank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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