# Accident 20240808009939A: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, August 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2024, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Bass Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XYXC
- Location: 65.7333° N, 148.2833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.7333&lon=-148.2833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94260, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94260) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240808009939A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON AN UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP.  THE PILOT STATED HE CONDUCTED A 3 POINT LANDING AT 50 MPH.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT THEN HIT A BUMP ON THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE BUT THE RIGHT TIRE WAS IN THE AIR.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A GROUND LOOP CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO HIT THE TREES AND AIRCRAFT TO SPIN AROUND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND TAIL.

## 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 ANC24LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA075), Aug 8, 2024: Cessna A185F (N94260), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing at a short remote airstrip.

## Other reports on N94260 (1)

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

- [Accident 20070910825209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070910825209A), Sep 10, 2007: Cessna A185F (N94260), Sparrevohn, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command attempted to takeoff from an unimproved strip, approximately 920 feet in length. During the takeoff run the aircraft did not achieve…

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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