# Incident 20011124033959I: Cessna A185F, Kodiak, AK, November 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiakstate
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61795, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61795-2026-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 200 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/20011124033959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON WHEELS. PILOT AND MAINTENANCE CREW WERE PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED CHECK OUT OF LANDING GEAR. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, RAISED TAIL OFF GROUND, POWER WAS RETARDED AS TAIL TOUCHED GROUND AIRCRAFT BEGAN GOING LEFT. PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT CONDITION AND OVER CORRECTED. AIRCRAFT FLIP ON SIDE DAMAGING LEFT WING AND STAB. DAMAGE WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N61795 (1)

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

- [Accident 20241019016199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241019016199A), Oct 19, 2024: Cessna A185F (N61795), Point Mackenzie, AK, Substantial damage. Airman was doing a currency flight because they had not flown the CE-185 tailwheel in the past six months. The airman has only 19.5 hours in this aircraft and…

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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