# Accident 20210320001069A: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, March 20, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2021, 15:29 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8151° N, 147.8564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8151&lon=-147.8564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58316, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58316) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210320001069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 02R AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL WHEEL LANDING AND SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DID A 180 DEGREE TURN AND CAME TO REST ON A SMALL SNOW BERM. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO POWER OUT OF THE SNOW BERM AND TAXI TO HIS PARKING SPOT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT STATED THERE WAS A LIGHT RIGHT CROSSWIND SO HE HAD HIS RIGHT WING SLIGHTLY LOW TO COMPENSATE. AS HE LEVELED HIS WINGS FOR TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT WING SLOWLY ROSE UP CAUSING THE GROUND LOOP TO START. THE PILOT STATED HE DIDN'T WANT TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER BECAUSE HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF IT WOULD MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.

## 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 ANC21LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA026), Mar 20, 2021: Cessna A185F (N58316), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N58316 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050911020339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050911020339A), Sep 11, 2005: Cessna A185F (N58316), Prospect Creek, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On a landing at Prospect Creek Alaska, the pilot [privacy data omitted] a commercial pilot of N58316, a CE-185 lost directional control of the aircraft…

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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