# Accident 20250818010569A: Cessna A185F, Haines, AK, August 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2025, 15:59 local time
- Place: Haines, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2010° N, 135.2827° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2010&lon=-135.2827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9BB-2025-09-25) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250818010569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ONTO A KNOWN GRASS STRIP AND THEN DRIFTED DURING THE ROLLOUT INTO TALL GRASS. THE AIRPLANE RAN OVER A LOG THAT WAS OBSCURED IN THE TALL GRASS AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF. THIS CAUSED AN ABREVIATED GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT WITH THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDING TO A STOP.

## 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 ANC25LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA096), Aug 18, 2025: Cessna A185F (N9BB), Haines, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable landing area resulting in an on-ground collision with an obscured log and a main landing gear separation.

## Other reports on N9BB (1)

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

- [Accident 20210502007979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210502007979A), May 2, 2021: Cessna A185F (N9BB), Driggs, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that upon landing a possible gusty wind caused him to lose control of the aircraft which resulted in a ground loop. During the ground loop the…

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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