# Accident 20190606005939A: Cessna 185A, Glennallen, AK, June 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2019, 16:00 local time
- Place: Glennallen, AK
- Airport: Gulkana
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.1543° N, 145.4553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GULKANA (GKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1543&lon=-145.4553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4057Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4057Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185A (registry code 2072804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470-F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,270 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190606005939A

## Narrative

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

4057Y EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP LEADING TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AT GULKANA AIRPORT (PAGK/GKN) IN GULKANA, ALASKA. RUNWAY 15/33 IS A 5001 X 100 FOOT LONG ASPHALT SURFACE WITH ASOS WEATHER REPORTING. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS OCCURRING AT 1600L/0000Z. THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS REPORTED DURING DURING THIS TIME:

GKN METAR 2153Z: WIND 02012G20 KTS.

GKN METAR 2253Z: WIND 12009G20 KTS.

GKN METAR 2353Z: WIND 14007 KTS.

GKN METAR 0053Z: WIND 27013G23 KTS.

GKN METAR 0153Z: WIND VRB05G17 KTS.

THERE WERE NO RELEVANT NOTAMS AND NO PIREPS AT THE TIME.

PILOT STATED THE REPORTED WIND WAS 09010G18 KTS DURING LANDING. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT WITH A "LARGE GUST" THAT LIFTED THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT CONSIDERED A GO-AROUND, BUT CONTINUED. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SPUN TO THE LEFT AND "NOSED OVER ON TO THE PROP."

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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