- Date
- May 13, 1985, 10:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5815TCessna C-185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850513016449A
- Case key
- 4493
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft handling - attemptedCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Lack of recent experience in type of aircraftCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The pilot in command touched down on a dry runway in a crab angle and lost control of the airplane resulting in ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5815T
- Reported as
- Cessna C-185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0715
- Airframe hours
- 1,546
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Eugene Hendershott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1985 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,287 total · 70 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5815T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.