# Accident 20050706017469A: Cessna A185F, Delta Junction, AK, July 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Delta Junction, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.3914° N, 144.2744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.3914&lon=-144.2744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8360Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8360Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05TA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05TA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050706017469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^WAS OPERATING INTO A KNOWN UNIMPROVED LANDING AREA, STATED HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR ON SHORT FINAL ADDED POWER AS HE WAS GOING BELOW HIS GLIDE PATH, HIT BRUSH APPROX. 15 FT SHORT OF LANDING AREA BUT LANDED ON STRIP WITH RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND, ENCOUNTERED LOW SPOT ON RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO RIGHT OF RUNWAY AS A RESULT; BUT MANAGED TO BET BACK ON CENTER OF RUNWAY, ENCOUNTERING THE CROWN OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER AND STRIKING SAME SEVERAL TIMES (17 TIMES!:INFORMATION FROM OTHER DOI INVESTIGATOR) PROP DAMAGE WAS ONLY VISIBLE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED OUT TO ANCHORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT 100HR INSPECTION REVEALED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STABILIZER LEADING EDGE INBOARD NEAR FUSELAGE. THIS DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO NTSB INVESTIGATOR ^PRIVACY DAT^ WHO REPORTED THIS ACCIDENT TO FSDO AL-03.

## 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 ANC05TA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05TA106), Jul 6, 2005: Cessna 185 (N8360Q), Delta Junction, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during the landing touchdown and subsequent undershoot, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted…

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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