46.5909° N, 120.5494° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 24, 1978 · 15:12 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53068
Reported as
Cessna 185
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot lost directional control during landing in a gusty crosswind.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING IN A GUSTY CROSSWIND.