# Accident 20161112022639A: Cessna A185F, Ninilchik, AK, November 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2016, 12:15 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0200° N, 151.5892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0200&lon=-151.5892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4918Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4918Q) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161112022639A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE NINILCHIK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE RIGHT BRAKE HAD NO BRAKING ACTION CAUSING A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT. RIGHT WING TIP AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IMPACTED THE GROUND ENOUGH TO BEND THE MAIN WING SPAR, AILERON, AND HORIZINTAL STABILIZER.  RUNWAY WAS MOSTLY GRAVEL, A FEW ICE PATCHES BUT NOT IN THE AREA OF OPERATION.  NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC17LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA005), Nov 12, 2016: Cessna A185 (N4918Q), Ninilchik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of brake system fluid due to leaks in the o-rings, which resulted in asymmetrical braking and a subsequent loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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