# Accident 20160629022399A: Cessna A185F, King Salmon, AK, June 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: Pakn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6789° N, 156.6494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6789&lon=-156.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3969Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3969Q) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,650 total, 675 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160629022399A

## Narrative

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

NWS ASOS REPORTING WINDS 100 @ 13 G24 2154Z (1354L), 100 @ 19 G20 PK29 2254Z (1454L).

PILOT WROTE THAT AKN ATIS REPORTED WINDS 080 @ 15 G24, UPON CLEARANCE TO LAND (RUNWAY 12) HE WAS ADVISED WINDS VARIABLE 050-090 @ 17 G24.

PILOT FURTHER WROTE: "UPON LANDING WIND CAUGHT UNDER L/H WING BLEW UPWARD, R/H WING CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE STRONG GUST TO LEFT LOOPED BACK INTO WIND AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ON RUNWAY?.

## 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 ANC16CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA036), Jun 29, 2016: Cessna A185F (N3969Q), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control while landing in gusty wind conditions, resulting in a noseover.

## Other reports on N3969Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20090725047849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090725047849I), Jul 25, 2009: Cessna A185F (N3969Q), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. According to the airman, he was taxiing for takeoff on brooks lake near King Salmon, Alaska on 7/25/2009 at approximately 1425 adt (2225Z). As he turned…

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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