# NTSB ANC86LA056: Cessna A185E, N4761Q, Tok, AK, May 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1986, 17:45 local (May 13, 1986, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Tok, AK
- Coordinates: 63.179752, -143.099594 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1798&lon=-143.0996&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4661/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA056

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4761Q), registered now, S/N 185-1226, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (registry code 2072818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 185-1226
- Airframe hours: 6904
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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)

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.

- [NTSB ANC98TA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98TA062), May 29, 1998: Cessna 185 (N4761Q), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor associated with this accident was a downdraft prior to touchdown.

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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