- Date
- October 6, 1990, 16:04 local (Oct 7, 1990, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Koyuktolik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2525ZCessna 185B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19901006044169A
- Case key
- 5500
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to properly execute a stabilized approach to the first 1/3 of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the excessive airpseed maintained during the approach and 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
According to the chief pilot, who observed the acident, the airplane landed mid-field with excessive landing speed. The airplane's tail wheel never touched the ground during the landing roll and as it neared the end of the runway it veered to the right. The main landing gear collapsed and the airplane rolled over after shearing its wings. Examination of the main landing gear and brake system revealed no mechanical failure or pre impact malfunction. The pilot was newly hired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2525Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185B
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 4,469
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Raven Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 12, 1990 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Koyuktolik Bay
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 211 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25,000 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N2525Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.