# Accident 20030609012299A: Cessna A185F, Talkeetna, AK, June 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TL7C
- Location: 62.8333° N, 150.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8333&lon=-150.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5246E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5246E-2007-09-18) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030609012299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF DOWN THE GLACIER IN "STICKY" AND "SLUSHY" SNOW CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY, SO THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARKING AND IN A LEFT TURN, THE RIGHT WHEEL-SKI SUNK INTO SOFT SNOW AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF DOWN THE GLACIER IN "STICKY" AND "SLUSHY" SNOW CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY, SO THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO PARKING IN A LEFT TURN AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED, THE RIGHT WHEEL-SKI SUNK INTO SOFT SNOW AND OVERLOADED THE GEAR LEG, CAUSING THE UPPER GEAR ATTACH BOLT TO FAIL, AND THE GEAR LEG TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC03LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA057), Jun 9, 2003: Cessna 185 (N5246E), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive taxi speed while attempting to turn the airplane in soft snow, which resulted in a nose over. A factor in the accident was soft snow.

## Other reports on N5246E (5)

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

- [Accident 19970809025969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970809025969A), Aug 9, 1997: Cessna A185F (N5246E), Chickaloon, AK, Substantial damage. On aug. 9, 1997 N5246E, CE-185 piloted by paule roderick, owner of talketna air taxi inc, experienced aleft gear leg failure while on roll-out after landing on…
- [Accident 19960804020562A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804020562A), Aug 4, 1996: Cessna A185F (N5246E), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. Collided wih other aircraft near head on. Both able land. Main rotors hit other aircraft in belly and tail wheel.
- [Accident 19960304003549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960304003549A), Mar 4, 1996: Cessna A185F (N5246E), Swentna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed ski equipped plane on rough frozen lake ice. Impacts on ice ridges collapsed the main landing gear struts.
- [Accident 19900808031549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900808031549A), Aug 8, 1990: Cessna A185F (N5246E), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear broke off at attach point on touchdown. Right wing damaged by dragging on ground.
- [Incident 19860813060869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813060869I), Aug 13, 1986: Cessna A185F (N5246E), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft settled after water takeoff, pilot aborted. Minor damage when aircraft went ashore.

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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