# Accident 20160719022989A: Cessna A185E, Iliamna, AK, July 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2016, 10:30 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9458° N, 156.3595° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9458&lon=-156.3595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719022989A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING AT A REMOTE GRAVEL LANDING STRIP, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT/AXLE.

AIRMAN STATED AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE FELT A SHUDDER IN THE RUDDER AND WHEN HE TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES HE HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE. THEN HE SAW THE DETACHED LEFT MAIN WHEEL/TIRE ROLLING FORWARD OF THE AIRCRAFT.

FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED 4 BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF AT THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AXLE WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT TO BREAK FREE AT THE LEFT STRUT GEAR BOX ATTACHMENT POINT.

## 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 ANC16LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA046), Jul 19, 2016: Cessna A185 (N85CF), Illiamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overstress fracture of the left main landing (MLG) gear axle attachment bolts and the subsequent separation of the left MLG wheel, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to control the airplane.

## Other reports on N85CF (2)

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

- [Incident 20000422017469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000422017469I), Apr 22, 2000: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2000, about 1725 local time, a ski equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N85CF, sustained minor damage while landing on an ice covered Lake Nerka. On…
- [Accident 19980619020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619020329A), Jun 19, 1998: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Blew a tire landing. Swerved. Wing hit ground began ground loop. Hit brakes nosed down. Tundra tire equipped. (.4)the pilot was landing a tail wheel equipped…

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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