# Incident 19940718029889I: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, July 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1994, 13:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TXPA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1473F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1473F) (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: 1,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940718029889I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF TAILWHEEL BRACKET FAILED WHEEL EXITED AIRCRAFT. DAMAGED ELEVATOR RETURNED TO FAIRBANKS. BRACKET PRIOR CR

## Other reports on N1473F (2)

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

- [Accident 19980516009449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516009449A), May 16, 1998: Cessna A185F (N1473F), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot and witnesses described the airplane touching down with a 20 knot tailwind on the last 25% of the approximatley 600 feet long, packed snow,…
- [Incident 19820912063109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820912063109I), Sep 12, 1982: Cessna 185F (N1473F), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Pilot beleived he was out of fuel. Landed 5 to 10 miles short of destination. He later reported he had fuel.

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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