# Accident 20010904039539A: Cessna A185F, King Salmon, AK, September 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B61C
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177BM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,360 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010904039539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2001, AT 1436 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA, CE-185 AIRPLANE, N177BM, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF AT KING SALMON AIRDROME, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INTENTIONS WERE TO PROCEED FROM KING SALMON, ALASKA TO COLD BAY, ALASKA. UPON APPLYING TAKEOFF POWER AND BEFORE ATTAINING LIFT OFF SPEED THE PILOT FELT VIBRATION EMANATING FROM THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. PRIOR TO LIFT OFF SPEED THE RIGHT AXLE-LANDING GEAR FLANGE BOLT FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT "GROUND LOOPED" CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND TOWED FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AREA.

## 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

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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