- Date
- June 5, 2021, 21:30 local (Jun 6, 2021, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chandalar Lake, AK · PALR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85DTCessna A185F
- Defining event
- Landing: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210605006779A
- Case key
- 103253
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s over application of the brakes, which resulted in a nose over.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing after the tail had settled, he applied the brakes too hard. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to left wing, right wing lift strut, and empennage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. As a recommendation, the pilot added that he should not have applied the brakes as hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85DT
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503474
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 5,050
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-520-D 139B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Coyote Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 2021
- Departed
- MTF · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- WCR · Chandalar Lake, runway 03/21, 3,000 × 60 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 72 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.72 inHg
- Observed at
- PFYU, 94 nm away
- METAR
- PFYU 060456Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 19/04 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP070 T01940039
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.