- Date
- December 3, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6992NCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861203063999A
- Case key
- 4810
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
Landing gear,wheel - frozenCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft on touchdown. Examination of the brake system revealed the left brake was frozen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6992N
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504321
- Airframe hours
- 926
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary W. Archer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 19, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- SKW · Skwentna, runway 9, 2,900 × 150 ft, gravel
N6992NRegistration cancelled May 2, 2011 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 19 °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.