- Date
- August 31, 1985, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gold King Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53286Cessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850831045949A
- Case key
- 4554
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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 plt stated that when he landed, the acft was rolling out on its main gear in a tail low attitude, when he applied braking action. A moment later, the acft began to pitch nose down. He compensated with full up elevator, but the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53286
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 567271
- Airframe hours
- 1,680
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Chris M. Mills, doing business as Interior Fuel Distributor
- Registered owner
- Darrell Neidham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1985 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- Bradley Sky Ran, AK
- Airport
- D&D Mining Strip, runway 36, 1,200 × 20 ft, gravel
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 997 total · 220 in this make and model · 854 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °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.
Other investigations on N53286 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.