# Accident 19970416006319A: Cessna A185F, Manley, AK, April 16, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: Manley, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8310Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8310Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 169 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970416006319A

## Narrative

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

LANDING ON FROZEN LAKE. BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP DUE GUSTY CROSSWIND. WING HIT A SNOWBANK. SPAR FUSELAGE TAIL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC97LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA058), Apr 17, 1997: Cessna 185F (N8310Q), Manley, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing run. Factors relating to the accident were: frozen terrain,…

## Other reports on N8310Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20131123024609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131123024609A), Nov 23, 2013: Cessna A185F (N8310Q), Wien Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Upon landing ski caught hole in the ice aircraft rotated immediately 90 degrees damaging the right wing tip, right gear assembly and propeller.

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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