# Accident 20130928021079A: Cessna 185E, Pilot Point, AK, September 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2013, 20:00 local time
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Airport: Pilot Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.5803° N, 157.5719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5803&lon=-157.5719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1592F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1592F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185E (registry code 2072816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130928021079A

## Narrative

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

PIC ELECTED TO LAND ON RAMP DUE TO STRONG CROSSWIND(25 KTS. GUSTING 35KTS.) ON RUNWAY.  UPON LANDING ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 20-30 KNOTS AIRSPEED, PIC STATED TURBULENCE FROM NEARBY BUILDING PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS A BUILDING CAUSING THE WING TO STRIKE IT.

## 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 ANC13CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA106), Sep 29, 2013: Cessna 185E (N1592F), Pilot Point, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land the airplane on the ramp, in the vicinity of buildings, in gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N1592F (4)

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

- [Accident 20050909024369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050909024369A), Sep 9, 2005: Cessna 185E (N1592F), Pilot Point, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) During a telephone conversation with a FAA ASI and the NTSB iic, the Pilot stated that during landing on a sod covered, off airport site, located 30 sm…
- [Incident 19960821038739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821038739I), Aug 21, 1996: Cessna 185E (N1592F), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: forced landing on bush strip 600 feet long. Engine failure from broken air box pin. Inspected pin and looked as though it had been cracked when…
- [Accident 19891107044679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891107044679A), Nov 7, 1989: Cessna A185E (N1592F), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a test flight after an annual and engine overhaul. Crashed into trees. Cable came loose.
- [Accident 19880516015259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880516015259A), May 16, 1988: Cessna 185E (N1592F), Tuntutuliak, AK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel and crash landed on the tundra.

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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