# Incident 19980426010069I: Cessna A185E, Talkeetna, AK, April 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M6TC
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70176, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70176-2017-07-14) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980426010069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT #IAL38042601. PILOT TRAINING ON NEW HIRE. HAD SHIMMY IN TAIL WHEEL AND INSTRUCTOR PUSHED YOKE FORWARD TO RAISE THE TAIL. THE PILOT HIT THE BRAKES AND AIRCRAFT WENT ON IT'S NOSE STRIKING THE PROP ON RUNWAY, THEN BACK ON THE TAIL. PROP WAS ONLY DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N70176 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030528009979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528009979A), May 28, 2003: Cessna A185E (N70176), Talkeetna, AK, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) The Cessna 185E departed Talkeetna airport at app. 12:53 pm for the Mt. Mckinley base camp. N70176 was operated by mckinley air taxi of Talkeetna AK. The…

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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