# NTSB ANC87FA084: Cessna 185, N70018, Anchorage, AK, June 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1987, 10:56 local (18:56 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.2206, -149.850875 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2206&lon=-149.8509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4776
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87FA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4776/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA084

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush (cause)
- Hard landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS STALLED ON SHORT FINAL FOR LANDING. IT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE RWY AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND STRUCK TWO PARKED ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70018](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70018-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 18501893, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- 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: 18501893
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Frank E. Nyman
- Registered owner: Frank E. Nyman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 15, 1987, 89 hours before
- Departed: LAKE CREEK, AK
- Airport: MRI, Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 423 total, 310 in this make and model, 363 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870628027509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870628027509A), Jun 28, 1987: Cessna A185E, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The float equipped aircraft veered off the runway and struck two parked aircraft. Pilot stalled plane on landing.

## Other investigations on N70018 (3)

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 ANC96LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA107), Jul 28, 1996: Cessna 185 (N70018), Talkeetna, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning for departure and his selection of unsuitable terrain. Factors in the accident were soft, snow covered terrain and the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC85LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA007), Oct 20, 1984: Cessna A185E (N70018), Shulin Lake, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC78DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG99), Jun 26, 1978: Cessna 185 (N70018), Naknek, AK, substantial damage

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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