# NTSB ANC88LA043: Cessna 185, N5060R, Fairbanks, AK, April 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1988, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.809181, -147.720321 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8092&lon=-147.7203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA043

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND AT THAT TIME HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED AND WHEN HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE BOUNCE THE ACFT YAWED LEFT. THE RT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT GROUNDLOOPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5060R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5060R), registered now, S/N 18502992, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502992
- Airframe hours: 1908
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Windsor, Robert W.
- Registered owner: Robert W Windsor
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CEM, CENTRAL, AK
- Airport: FAI, Fairbanks, runway 19R, 10,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 276 total, 13 in this make and model, 254 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## Other investigations on N5060R (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 OAK77DXQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DXQ18), May 9, 1977: Cessna 185F (N5060R), Winnemucca, NV, 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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