# Accident 19970902025739A: Cessna 185, Kotzebue, AK, September 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALAC
- Location: 67.2407° N, 161.1901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2407&lon=-161.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185QB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185QB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970902025739A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON LANDING. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE IN A REMOTE AREA .  THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH OVERSIZE TUNDRA TYPE TIRES INFLATED TO ABOUT 12 PSI.  AN ADHESIVE, APPLIED BETWEEN THE MAIN WHEEL RIM AND THE TIRE, HELPS TO PREVENT THE TIRE FROM ROTATING INDEPENDENT OF THE WHEEL.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON GRASSY TERRAIN, THE RIGHT TIRE ROTATED AWAY FROM THE WHEEL RIM.  THE TIRE DEFLATED AND BEGAN VIBRATING.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE 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 ANC97LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA144), Sep 3, 1997: Cessna 185 (N185QB), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse/deflation of the right main tire when the tire slipped on the tire wheel rim which resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear due to overload.

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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