- Date
- May 27, 1990, 17:25 local (May 28, 1990, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- Northway, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N520VACessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900527019779A
- Case key
- 5371
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Probable cause
The pilot lost control of the airplane during the post-landing taxi.
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
During the post-landing taxi, the pilot's attention was diverted briefly to inside the airplane, during which the airplane's left wheel went into a hole on the ramp. The pilot lost control and the airplane's right wing hit the ground. Witnesses stated that the airplane's taxi speed was faster than normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N520VA
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503352
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D-24, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard M Beathe
- Registered owner
- Richard M. & Larry D Beathe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1990 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- YXY · Whitehorse
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ORT · Northway, runway 4, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,216 total · 274 in this make and model · 1,066 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.