# Accident 19980619020329A: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, June 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1998, 19:14 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: 61.1594° N, 149.9909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1594&lon=-149.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,067 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619020329A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ANC98LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA082), Jun 20, 1998: Cessna 185E (N85CF), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N85CF (2)

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

- [Accident 20160719022989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719022989A), Jul 19, 2016: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. On landing at a remote gravel landing strip, the aircraft sustained substantial damage to the propeller, left wing, left horizontal stabilizer and left main…
- [Incident 20000422017469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000422017469I), Apr 22, 2000: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2000, about 1725 local time, a ski equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N85CF, sustained minor damage while landing on an ice covered Lake Nerka. On…

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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