# Accident 19900527019779A: Cessna A185F, Northway, AK, May 27, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1990, 17:25 local time
- Place: Northway, AK
- Airport: Northway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.0010° N, 141.6903° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0010&lon=-141.6903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,216 total, 275 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900527019779A

## Narrative

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

DURING FAST TAXI TO PARKING AREA MAIN WHEEL HIT A POT HOLE ALLOWING WING TO HIT GROUND.

## 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 ANC90LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA077), May 28, 1990: Cessna 185 (N520VA), Northway, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE POST-LANDING TAXI.

## Other reports on N520VA (1)

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

- [Incident 19780928028741I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780928028741I), Sep 28, 1978: Cessna 185 (N520VA), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing down runway struck 92CA who misread this aircrafts intentions and pulled out in front. Prop hit 92CA.

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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