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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185 · Umiat, AK · August 30, 1986

Date: August 30, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place: Umiat, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9806X
Reported as: Cessna 185
Reported engine: Continental IO470F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,350 total175 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9806XRegistered now · Cessna 185S/N 185-0006 · Built 1961 Airframe modelCessna 185 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Tail wheel hit rocks and broke while landing on a gravel bar. A rock kicked up and struck the elevator.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL WHEEL HIT ROCKS AND BROKE WHILE LANDING ON A GRAVEL BAR. A ROCK KICKED UP AND STRUCK THE ELEVATOR.