- Date
- September 15, 1985, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N80124Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850915047289A
- Case key
- 4565
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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 prior to landing, the acft's right brake had no pressure. He reported that after he landed, the tail wheel began to shimmy & the acft pulled to the left. He applied full right rudder, but was unable to prevent the acft from ground looping to the left. Subsequently, the right main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80124
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503094
- Airframe hours
- 3,395
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kennedy Air Service, doing business as Kennedy Air Service
- Registered owner
- Kennedy Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Montague Island, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CKU · Cordova Muni, runway 6, 1,900 × 80 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,627 total · 277 in this make and model · 3,514 as pilot in command · 336 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COR
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 N80124 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.