# Accident 20050226006529A: Cessna A185F, Russian Mission, AK, February 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Russian Mission, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9667° N, 160.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9667&lon=-160.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80449, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80449) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050226006529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 26, 2005, ABOUT 1400 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL/SKI EQUIPPED CESSNA 185 AIRPLANE, N80449, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A HARD LANDING ON A REMOTE FROZEN RIVER, LOCATED ABOUT 30 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSIAN MISSION, ALASKA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/AIRPLANE OWNER AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED BETHEL, ALASKA, ABOUT 1300, AND THE DESTINATION WAS THE ACCIDENT LOCATION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE ON FEBRUARY 26, THE PILOT RELATED HE FLARED TOO HIGH WHILE LANDING ON A STRETCH OF THE YUKON RIVER, AND THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. HE STATED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT'S GEAR BOX WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE GEAR LEG COLLAPSED, AND THAT THE GEAR LEG PENETRATED THE FUSELAGE NEAR THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.

## 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 ANC05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA043), Feb 26, 2005: Cessna 185 (N80449), Russian Mission, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and structural damage to the fuselage when the left main landing gear collapsed. A factor associated with the…

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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