# NTSB ANC88LA119: Cessna 185F, N4838C, Joseph Village, AK, August 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1988, 17:55 local (Aug 28, 1988, 01:55 UTC)
- Place: Joseph Village, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5060/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - separation

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4838C-1995-07-27), registration cancelled 1995-07-27, S/N 18502606 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502606
- Airframe hours: 24666
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880828035709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828035709A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna A185F, Joseph Village, AK, Substantial damage. Struck a depression in the runway on landing roll. Left main gear separated from gear box. Bracket had failed.

## Other investigations on N4838C (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 ANC89FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA160), Sep 7, 1989: Cessna 185 (N4838C), Tanacross, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT BY THE PILOT BY BUZZING THE AIRPORT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE ABOVE THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT'S USE OF ABRUPT MANEUVERS WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

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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