- Date
- August 8, 1990, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5246ECessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900808031549A
- Case key
- 5421
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Probable cause
Failure of the right main landing gear spring upon landing.
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
Upon touchdown on a gravel strip, the right main landing gear spring broke off at the wheel axle attaching point, due to fatigue cracks. The airplane normally operates with wheel-skiis during the winter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5246E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503943
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- David J. Lee
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Yellow Jacket Creek, runway 27, 2,000 × 15 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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 N5246E · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.