# Accident 20230912011259A: Cessna 185, Healy, AK, September 12, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2023, 17:00 local time
- Place: Healy, AK
- Airport: Remote Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A3WC
- Location: 64.1600° N, 148.3000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.1600&lon=-148.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34VV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34VV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,869 total, 290 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC23LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230912011259A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING ON A REMOTE STRIP, THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE STRIP INTO SOME TALL GRASS. THE AREA OF TALL GRASS ALSO HAD SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER WHICH CONCEALED A RUT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THIS HIDDEN RUT IT CAUSED THE TAIL TO COME UP FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER ITS NOSE LANDING UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT BEING THE ONLY OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSTAINED 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 ANC23LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA075), Sep 12, 2023: Cessna 185 (N34VV), Healy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable landing site, resulting in a nose over.

## Other reports on N34VV (1)

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

- [Incident 19950224006829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950224006829I), Feb 24, 1995: Cessna 172 (N34VV), Haines, AK. Narrative: landed amphibious aircraft on the runway with the landing gear retracted. Due to ice on the runway there was no damage. Airman got involved with…

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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