# Incident 20060816018139I: Cessna A185F, Talkeetna, AK, August 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2006, 19:44 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERHA
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125KT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125KT) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060816018139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD LANDED ON RUTH GLACIER, WAS TAXIING UP GLACIER TO REPOSITION FOR LATER TAKEOFF WHEN AIRCRAFT TAXIED OVER A DEPRESSION IN SNOW. PILOT HEARD A POP AND SAW LEFT WING SETTLE SEVERAL INCHES. INSPECTION REVEALED FAILED OUTBOARD LANDING GEAR CASTING. FUSELAGE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO 1" TEAR IN PREVIOUS FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR ABOVE LANDING GEAR SLOT.

## Other reports on N125KT (3)

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

- [Accident 20110517009899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110517009899A), May 17, 2011: Cessna A185F (N125KT), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot in left seat made a wheel landing as tail came down a/c vered to right and pilot in the left seat over corrected to the left. The company ck pilot took…
- [Accident 20080505834679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505834679A), May 5, 2008: Cessna A185F (N125KT), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. [privacy data omitted] Went out to fly the Cessna 185 practice touch and go's after three (3) successful landings he wanted to do one more. On this…
- [Accident 19920617020819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920617020819A), Jun 17, 1992: Cessna 185F (N125KT), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped the tail wheel aircraft on landing.

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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