# Accident 20080505834679A: Cessna A185F, Talkeetna, AK, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 14:56 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ERHA
- Location: 62.3206° N, 150.0936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3206&lon=-150.0936&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505834679A

## Narrative

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

(-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 LAST LANDING THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AS THE TAIL WAS COMING DOWN.  HE ADDED LEFT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT THEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP.

## 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 ANC08CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA062), May 5, 2008: Cessna 185 (N125KT), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground-loop.

## 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…
- [Incident 20060816018139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060816018139I), Aug 16, 2006: Cessna A185F (N125KT), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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