# Accident 20160921019499A: Cessna 185D, Delta Creek, AK, September 21, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Delta Creek, AK
- Airport: Bennett Air Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.4828° N, 146.2847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.4828&lon=-146.2847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5892T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5892T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185D (registry code 2072812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,064 total, 44 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA503) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160921019499A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THAT PLANNED FLIGHT WAS DELAYED DUE TO HIGH WINDS IN AREA.  AT 1800 HRS (L) DEPARTED BENNETT AIRSTRIP.  PIC STATED AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AT APPROX 600? OF 1200? STRIP LENGTH.  AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE, PIC STATED HE THINKS A GUST OF WIND HIT NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND WOULD NOT ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO GAIN ALTITUDE OR COME OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.  AIRCRAFT GEAR WAS HITTING BRUSH AND PIC SET AIRCRAFT DOWN ON GRAVEL BAR NEXT TO RIVER.  AT THAT POINT THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ONTO LEFT WING STRUT AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON LEFT WING TIP.  PIC STATED HE DID NOT NOTICE WHAT FUEL FLOW OR MANIFOLD PRESSURE OF AIRCRAFT WAS AT TIME DUE TO FLYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA16CA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA503), Sep 22, 2016: Cessna 185 (N5892T), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize he was taking off with a tailwind and his inadequate compensation for taking off with a tailwind, which led to the airplane’s failure to attain a climb and a…

## Other reports on N5892T (2)

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

- [Incident 20060308002949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060308002949I), Mar 8, 2006: Cessna 185D (N5892T), Cripple, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On March 9th, the pilot [privacy data omitted] landed his ski equipped Cessna 185 at Cripple, AK. After touchdown, his left gear leg broke off near the…
- [Accident 19980723017049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980723017049A), Jul 23, 1998: Cessna 185D (N5892T), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Turning onto runway for takeoff. Wind gust pushed tail to right. Exited runway to left. Ground looped. (.4)the certificated airline transport pilot was…

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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