# Accident 20090728048129A: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, July 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Kotzebue Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N749) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090728048129A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED AFTER TAKEOFF, HE NOTICED A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT OPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR IT WAS FOUND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR GEARBOX WAS CRACKED AND DEFORMED NEAR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ATTACH POINT. POSSIBLY FROM A HARD LANDING

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N749 (2)

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

- [Incident 20060605010699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060605010699I), Jun 5, 2006: Cessna A185F (N749), Bettles, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot broke through ice on off field landing/taxi, up on nose damaged prop. [privacy data omitted]
- [Accident 20020607010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020607010749A), Jun 7, 2002: Cessna A185F (N749), Barter Island, AK, No damage. (.19) On June 7, 2002, about 1815 Alaska daylight time, a wheel/ski-equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N749, sustained substantial damage during the landing roll on…

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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