# Accident 20020630016699A: Cessna A185F, Skwentna, AK, June 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6667° N, 151.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6667&lon=-151.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1078F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1078F) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020630016699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2002, ABOUT 1000 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A TUNDRA TIRE-EQUIPPED CESSNA 185 AIRPLANE, N1078F, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT A REMOTE AIRSTRIP, ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF SKWENTNA, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT, AND THE TWO PASSENGERS, WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE LAKE HOOD STRIP, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AT 0930. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR FISCHER, ON JULY 11, 2002, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING AT AN AIRSTRIP NEXT TO THE TALAHEIM LODGE, LOCATED ALONG THE TALACHULITNA RIVER. THE DIRT SURFACE IS ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH, AND IS ABOUT 1,200 FEET LONG BY 20 FEET WIDE. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS LANDING TOWARD THE NORTH, AND TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT TWO FEET SHORT OF THE AIRSTRIP THRESHOLD. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A LOG STUMP THAT WAS CONCEALED BY BUSHES, JUST SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE AIRPLANE, AND THE RIGHT WING THEN STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT GEAR, FUSELAGE, RIGHT WINGTIP, AND THE RIGHT ELEVATOR.

## 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 ANC02LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA065), Jun 30, 2002: Cessna 185 (N1078F), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point resulting in an undershoot, and an in-flight collision with a log during the landing flare. A contributing factor in the accident was a hidden…

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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