# Incident 19860529029649I: Cessna 310R, Wales, AK, May 29, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1986, 15:20 local time
- Place: Wales, AK
- Airport: Wales
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FWWA
- Location: 65.6226° N, 168.0950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALES (IWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.6226&lon=-168.0950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1776G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1776G-1993-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860529029649I

## Narrative

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

WHILE BACK TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE, NOSE WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT ON THAWED RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N1776G (1)

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

- [Accident 19930118000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930118000469A), Jan 18, 1993: Cessna 310R (N1776G), Teller, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into snow covered ground on approach to airport. Airport lights only lights in area, total dark night.

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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