# Accident 20240623020319A: Cessna A185E, Chugiak, AK, June 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2024, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Airport: Birchwood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4150° N, 149.5097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4150&lon=-149.5097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N748WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,727 total, 61 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623020319A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO PILOT, AFTER MLG TOUCHDOWN AND DECELERATING, STRONG GUST FROM THE LEFT, NOSE TRACKED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING WENT UPWARD, COULD NOT COMPENSATE. RIGHT WING CAME BACK DOWN HARD, RIGHT MLG WHEEL ASSY AND AXLE ASSY DEPARTED (MOUNTING BOLTS SHEARED, RIGHT MLG DRAGGED ASPHALT THEN DETACHED, BROKE OFF). RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER ALSO IMPACTED RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO HALT IN GRASS LEFT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC24LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA059), Jun 24, 2024: Cessna 185 (N748WP), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.

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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