# Incident 20200515007039I: Cessna A185F, Anchorage, AK, May 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2020, 17:14 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lk Hood Gravel Rwy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53092, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53092) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,029 total, 942 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200515007039I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AT THE LAKE HOOD GRAVEL STRIP, DURING THE ROLL OUT PHASE THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, AND THE LEFT BRAKE WAS OPERATIONAL.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO QUICKLY ADD POWER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BY USING RIGHT RUDDER INPUT. THE PILOT ALSO APPLIED SOME LEFT BRAKE DURING THE ROLL OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND ROLLED OFF OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY INTO THE SWAMPY GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THE PILOT QUICKLY SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE.  THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS MULTIPLE DEEP NICKS TO THE PROPELLER BLADES CAUSED BY A GROUND STRIKE AS THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED/ROLLED INTO THE GRASS.     THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE. ANC AIRPORT POLICE AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. NO OTHER ISSUES NOTED.

AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OUT OF GRASS WITH A PICKUP TRUCK AND RETURNED TO THE OWNER'S HANGAR.  PICTURES TAKEN BY OWNER. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE NOTED.

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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