- Date
- May 12, 1986, 17:45 local (May 13, 1986, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4761QCessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4661
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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 pilot-in-command stated that upon landing in a crosswind, a gust of wind caused the airplane to become airborne. Upon touching down again the airplane was in a crab and the pilot lost control and the airplane struck the left wingtip, then the right wingtip, on the ground, and then nosed over. The airplane remained on the runway's surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4761Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1226
- Airframe hours
- 6,904
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- State Of Alaska
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1985 · 332 hours before
- Departed
- ORT · Northway, AK
- Airport
- 6K8 · Tok Junction, runway 25, 3,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 254 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 6 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
Other investigations on N4761Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.