- Date
- July 2, 1991, 21:15 local (Jul 3, 1991, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Farewell, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222WHCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910702025819A
- Case key
- 5566
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors relating to the accident were the collapsed left main landing gear, failed left brake, and the low level of hydraulic brake fluid.
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 stated that during the landing roll, the left brake was ineffective in preventing the airplane from swerving sharply to the right. The left main landing gear collapsed and the left wing hit the ground. He thought the left brake had failed because of a loss of fluid. After a broken line was replaced and the system serviced, the brakes operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222WH
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503377
- Airframe hours
- 2,905
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William D. Hansen
- Registered owner
- Excavation Consulting, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Crooked Creek, AK
- Airport
- FWL · Farewell, runway 26, 4,970 × 145 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,104 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,104 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.