- Date
- August 14, 1990, 18:01 local (Aug 15, 1990, 02:01 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2550ZCessna 185B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900814035759A
- Case key
- 5429
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Probable cause
Failure of the left inside wheel bearing, for undetermined reasons.
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 57-year-OLD private pilot stated that the left wheel/bearing failed during landing, causing him to lose control and ground loop the airplane. The left inside wheel bearing and the wheel were extensively damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0550
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jason G. Wyrick
- Departed
- NONE · Granite Creek, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MCG · Mcgrath, runway 34, 5,460 × 150 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 2,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCG
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 N2550Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.