- Date
- June 17, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1047FCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4215
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was being used to transport mountain climbers from a glacier. During takeoff from the glacier, the right landing gear strut failed at the axle point & the wheel/ski dangled free. When he landed on a gravel rwy, the plt held off the right side as long as possible. When the right strut touched down, it dug in, then collapsed. An exam revealed a fatigue crack thru aprx 65% of the strut, pn 0741001-8, where 2 bolt holes were drilled, aprx 1 1/2 inches from the lower end. The crack originated in the bottom of corrosion pits (rust) located at the inboard side of the upper aft spindle attachment bolt hole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1047F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502704
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Talkeetna Air Taxi, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 2, 1984 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- Kahiltna Glacer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TKA · Talkeetna, runway 36, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,860 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 9,850 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 10 °F
Other investigations on N1047F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.