- Date
- July 11, 1984, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3263CCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840711035589A
- Case key
- 4322
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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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tire - failure,totalFactor
Landing gear,tire - burstFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
The acft ran off the right side of the rwy after touchdown. The plt indicated that the right main tire blew out. He saidthat he was unable to keep the acft on the rwy and it nosed down into soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263C
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502668
- Airframe hours
- 740
- Engine
- Continental IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen R. Mathews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1984
- Departed
- 2Z0 · Emmonak, AK
- Airport
- BET · Bethel, runway 18, 6,399 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 75 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.