- Date
- July 18, 1991, 16:00 local (Jul 19, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jago River, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1650ZCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910718028919A
- Case key
- 5583
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the wet surface of the airstrip, the curve in the airstrip, and the vegetation which covered the entire airstrip.
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 destination was an airstrip on the tundra approximately 40 miles south of barter island on the Jago River. The surface of the airstrip was wet vegetation and the pilot described the braking action as 'nil.' The airplane struck a berm with the right main landing gear and it collapsed under the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1650Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0450
- Airframe hours
- 7,100
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Roger D. Dowding
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 1, 1991 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- ARC · Arctic Village, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Jago River, runway 36, 950 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.