20070510020169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Glennallen, AK · May 10, 2007

Date: May 10, 2007 · 13:00 local
Place: Glennallen, AK
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N9832X
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC07CA033
Reported as: Cessna 185
Reported engine: Continental IO550*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,100 total300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9832XRegistered now · Cessna 185S/N 1850032 · Built 1961 Airframe modelCessna 185 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was departing a small airstrip, about 65 miles nw of Glennallen, AK, in his wheel-equipped CE-185. The surface of the strip was wet and soft. The weather was VFR with variable winds up to 8 knots and some windshear. The pilot stated the takeoff was normal until after lift-off. After retracting his flaps the aircraft settled back toward the ground. By this point the aircraft was over some willow bushes standing about 3 feet tall. The aircraft settled into the willow bushes, contacted a small spruce tree, and flipped over. The aircraft sustained substantial damage but neither the pilot nor his one passenger was injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS DEPARTING A SMALL AIRSTRIP, ABOUT 65 MILES NW OF GLENNALLEN, AK, IN HIS WHEEL-EQUIPPED CE-185. THE SURFACE OF THE STRIP WAS WET AND SOFT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 8 KNOTS AND SOME WINDSHEAR. THE PILOT STATED THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL UNTIL AFTER LIFT-OFF. AFTER RETRACTING HIS FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TOWARD THE GROUND. BY THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER SOME WILLOW BUSHES STANDING ABOUT 3 FEET TALL. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE WILLOW BUSHES, CONTACTED A SMALL SPRUCE TREE, AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS ONE PASSENGER WAS INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC07CA033Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCantwell, AKThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff initial climb, which resulted in a descent into high vegetation, and a nose over. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and a downdraft.May 10, 2007 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N9832X · 1

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

Accident 19751112039219ALow Level Operations · SDNov 12, 1975 · Substantial damage