- Date
- August 29, 1992, 18:45 local (Aug 30, 1992, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Yakutat, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3347LCessna 185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920829033999A
- Case key
- 5795
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot in command not maintaining directional control of the airplane.
Analysis
The pilot in command of the 14 CFR part 135 on demand sightseeing flight reported that shortly after the main landing gear tires touched down on the runway surface, the airplane veered sharply to the left. Depressing the right rudder pedal and applying heavy braking to the right wheel had no noticeable affect on the directional control of the airplane. The pilot believed that the control difficulty may have been due to the unintentional depressing of the left rudder pedal by the passenger seated in the right front seat. The passenger denied this to be the case. A post accident inspection of the airplane by the operator found no difficulties with the plane's flight and ground control directional systems.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3347L
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185 1275
- Airframe hours
- 8,208
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gulf Air Taxi, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gulf Air Taxi, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1992 · 24 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- YAK · Yakutat, runway 29, 7,748 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,559 total · 91 in this make and model · 2,559 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 122 °F, dew point 117 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3347L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.