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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185E · Anchorage, AK · June 19, 1998

Date: June 19, 1998 · 19:14 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N85CF
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC98LA082
Reported as: Cessna A185E
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,067 total2,000 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N85CFRegistered now · Cessna A185ES/N 18501904 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna A185E

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Blew a tire landing. Swerved. Wing hit ground began ground loop. Hit brakes nosed down. Tundra tire equipped. (.4)the pilot was landing a tail wheel equipped airplane on a dry, asphalt runway. The airplane had 24 inch tundra tires installed. The oversize tires utilize a large wheel rim adapter attached to the normal wheel rim. During the landing roll, the right tire deflated. The airplane veered to the right, and the right wing tip struck the runway. The airplane began to ground loop, and the pilot applied the brakes. The airplane nosed down, coming to rest in a near vertical attitude. An inspection of the wheel revealed the right main tire tube valve stem was broken. The wheel adapter rim displayed scuffing on the outboard half of the wheel. The main wheel half was not damaged. (-23) right MLG tire deflated upon landing due to sheared valve stem. Aircraft yawed to right and nosed over. Propeller, top and bottom engine cowl and right wing tip damaged.

As the FAA filed it

BLEW A TIRE LANDING. SWERVED. WING HIT GROUND BEGAN GROUND LOOP. HIT BRAKES NOSED DOWN. TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING A TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE ON A DRY, ASPHALT RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE HAD 24 INCH TUNDRA TIRES INSTALLED. THE OVERSIZE TIRES UTILIZE A LARGE WHEEL RIM ADAPTER ATTACHED TO THE NORMAL WHEEL RIM. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT TIRE DEFLATED. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP, AND THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN, COMING TO REST IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. AN INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE TUBE VALVE STEM WAS BROKEN. THE WHEEL ADAPTER RIM DISPLAYED SCUFFING ON THE OUTBOARD HALF OF THE WHEEL. THE MAIN WHEEL HALF WAS NOT DAMAGED. (-23) RIGHT MLG TIRE DEFLATED UPON LANDING DUE TO SHEARED VALVE STEM. AIRCRAFT YAWED TO RIGHT AND NOSED OVER. PROPELLER, TOP AND BOTTOM ENGINE COWL AND RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC98LA082Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe rotation/slippage of the right main tire on the wheel rim, resulting in shearing of the tire tube valve stem, and subsequent tire deflation. Factors in the accident were oversize, tundra tires operated on a dry, asphalt runway surface.Jun 20, 1998 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N85CF · 2

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

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