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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Big Lake, AK · June 15, 2018

Date
June 15, 2018 · 10:55 local
Place
Big Lake, AK
Airport
Big Lake
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9964X
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA351
Reported as
Cessna 185
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
368 total264 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed Big Lake and performed several touch and go landings at willow airport without incident. On landing at Big Lake the right tire was flat, the plane pulled hard to the right into the soft dirt and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED BIG LAKE AND PERFORMED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT WILLOW AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON LANDING AT BIG LAKE THE RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT, THE PLANE PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.