# NTSB ANC85LA156: Cessna 210, Northway, AK, August 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1985, 12:24 local (20:24 UTC)
- Place: Northway, AK
- Coordinates: 63.000003, -141.689193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0000&lon=-141.6892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA156

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - improper
  - maintenance - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)

## Analysis

THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR DISCLOSED THE REAR DOOR ACTUATOR ROD FAILED AND THE GEAR DOOR WAS BENT. THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK FAILED IN AN AREA WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY WELDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CFTFS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57176
- Airframe hours: 3195
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-3 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Beat Joseph Ledergerber
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, September 15, 1984, 0 hours before
- Departed: 6K8, TOK, AK
- Destination: ORT, NORTHWAY, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ORT, Northway, runway 22, 5,130 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: left; flight hours: 1,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORT, 1 nm away

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.

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