- Date
- September 5, 1987, 18:00 local (Sep 6, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N93018Cessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870905050299A
- Case key
- 4904
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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 stated that after rollout on the grass runway, he lost directional control causing the plane to ground loop. Exmination of the tailwheel revealed that the tire was flat prior to the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93018
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503161
- Airframe hours
- 2,285
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Tanner
- Registered owner
- Don Tanner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FWL · Farewell, AK
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 131 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °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.
Other investigations on N93018 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.