19961103034659A

New purchase. Lost control landing roll. Veered off runway. Gear attach bolt failed due stress. Unskilled in type. (.19) on November 3, 1996, approximately 1540 mountain standard time, a Cessna A185E, N19EC, purchased on the previous day by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a loss of control on landing at the Carbon County Airport, Price, Utah. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed and the VFR flight plan which had been filed, had not been activated at the time of the accident. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated at houston, Texas, with its most recent stop at blanding, Utah. The pilot reported that the aircraft was landed normally on the centerline of runway 18 after which it began to deviate to the left. He reported applying right rudder which resulted in an over-correction and then applied left brake, after which the aircraft departed the runway. (.4) the pilot executed a landing to runway 18 (8,300 feet length) during which the tailwheel touched down followed by the main landing gear, and the aircraft bounced slightly. The aircraft began to track to the left and the p ilot corrected. The aircraft returned to and crossed over the centerline during which the pilot was unable to stop the right veer before the aircraft departed the right side of the runway. As the aircraft left the runway the left main landing gear separated. A single tire smear mark was observed on the runway beginning at the centerline, arcing right and then oscillating briefly before exiting the runway's edge. A blue smear mark consistent with the aircraft's blue left wingtip paint near the runway's edge was noted. Winds were out of the southwest at 4 knots 2 minutes after the accident. Metallurgical examination of the left main landing gear bolt revealed smearing of the bolt threads.