# Accident 20050119001749A: Cessna A185F, Eek, AK, January 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Eek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.2104° N, 162.0300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2104&lon=-162.0300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9452N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9452N) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05TA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05TA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050119001749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPROACHED TO LAND WITH A 60 KNOT THRESHOLD SPEED, WITH A 13 KNOT HEADWIND, WITH FULL FLAPS DEPLOYED, AND THE SKIS IN THE DOWN OR FULLY EXTENDED POSITION. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE COMPACTED SNOW COVERED LAKE, THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED, THE NOSE YAWED LEFT, AND THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE RIGHT SKI DUG INTO THE SNOW RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE ROTATING UPWARD AND OUTWARD TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT OF THIS ROTATION, THE RIGHT WING TIP AND ELEVATOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE LAKE SURFACE AND WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ON A HEADING 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE INITIAL LANDING DIRECTION.

## 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 ANC05TA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05TA022), Jan 19, 2005: Cessna 185 (N9452N), Eek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of weather conditions, which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain during the landing roll. Factors associated with the accident were a tailwind, and…

## Other reports on N9452N (1)

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

- [Incident 20060726015729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060726015729I), Jul 26, 2006: Cessna A185F (N9452N), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. (-23) According to the pilot, an Alaska state trooper, he was cleared to land on runway 25, when ATC instructed him to change to runway 29 in order to expedite…

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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