# Accident 19980225001769A: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, February 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1998, 15:34 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4535F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4535F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 649 total, 66 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980225001769A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WHEEL AXLE BROKE ON LANDING ROLL. LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. AXLE ATTACH BOLTS WERE STRIPPED OF THREADS. (.4)THE PILOT LANDED THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE ON A HARD SURFACE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH 29-INCH TUNDRA TIRES.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE.  THE LEFT WHEEL AXLE THEN BROKE, AND THE LEFT WHEEL DEPARTED FROM THE LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT AILERON, AND THE LEFT ELEVATOR.  THE PILOT STATED THE AXLE ATTACHING BOLTS THAT SECURE THE AXLE TO THE STRUT WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR THREADS.                            (-23) AFTER A SMOOTH, GENTLE TOUCHDOWN DURING A BFR, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL ROLL AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT GEAR LEG BEGAN TO DRAG AND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT. IN SPITE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION BY THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT AND THE TAIL STRUCK A SNOWBANK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FOUR NAS BOLTS HOLDING THE WHEEL SPINDLE TO THE GEAR LEG HAD STRIPPED THROUGH THEIR NUTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4535F (2)

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

- [Incident 19850905055459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850905055459I), Sep 5, 1985: Cessna A185E (N4535F), Scammon Bay, AK, Minor damage. Left wing tip struck water as seaplane came up onto step. Gusty winds and rough water a factor.
- [Accident 19830725035749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830725035749A), Jul 25, 1983: Cessna A185E (N4535F), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. Seaplane float struck sandbar during takeoff run causing aircraft to nose over onto river bank.

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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