- Date
- June 30, 1989, 22:42 local (Jul 1, 1989, 06:42 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75LECessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890630019109A
- Case key
- 5214
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The crosswind and gusts were contributing factors.
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 reported that as he was landing, a gust of wind from the left lifted the left wing. Subsequently, the right wing hit the ground and the right wing tip and aileron were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75LE
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850870
- Airframe hours
- 2,408
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1988 · 155 hours before
- Airport
- FA1 · Fairbanks, runway 15, 3,600 × 50 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 163 in this make and model · 89 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
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 N75LE · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.