19890411007929A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Trinity Lake, AK · April 11, 1989

Date
April 11, 1989 · 17:30 local
Place
Trinity Lake, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9850X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA058
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
942 total703 in this make and model12 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.

Landed on a snow covered lake. Snow was uneven wet, and heavy. Overload stripped off nuts holding ski to gear leg.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON A SNOW COVERED LAKE. SNOW WAS UNEVEN WET, AND HEAVY. OVERLOAD STRIPPED OFF NUTS HOLDING SKI TO GEAR LEG.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.