- Date
- August 27, 1988, 17:55 local (Aug 28, 1988, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Joseph Village, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4838CCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880828035709A
- Case key
- 5060
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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-in-command stated the airplane struck a depression in the runway upon landing at Joseph, Alaska. Examination of the left main gear showed that a bracket, part number 0713495-61 failed due to overload, and allowed the landing gear to separate from the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4838C
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502606
- Airframe hours
- 24,666
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- 40 Mile Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1988 · 363 hours before
- Departed
- TKJ · Tok, AK
- Destination
- Joseph Village, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Joseph Village, runway 27, 1,400 × ft, gravel
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 41 °F
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 N4838C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.