- Date
- February 15, 1986, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mccarthy, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70308Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860215003419A
- Case key
- 4639
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
Planned approach - inadequateCause
PressureFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that he touched down too hard and the main wheels broke through the crust on the snow. The pilot lost control of the aircraft causing the plane to nose over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70308
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502104
- Airframe hours
- 2,856
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard P. Downing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1985 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkawa, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 15Z · Mccarthy #2, runway 1, 4,200 × 80 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 601 total · 28 in this make and model · 531 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.