- Date
- November 29, 1986, 09:24 local (15:24 UTC)
- Place
- St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1502FCessna 185D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861129079489A
- Case key
- 13582
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Landing gear,ski assembly - failure,partialCause
Nose over
Remedial action - delayedCause
Go-around - attempted
Analysis
During landing after the skis had touched down the acft began to swerve. As the acft left the rwy the plt attemtped a go-around, however, one ski dug into the ground and the acft flipped over onto it's back. Post accident exam revealed the right ski had broken off at the axle attach point on the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1502F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850802
- Airframe hours
- 2,229
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D23, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald Olsen
- Registered owner
- Gerald Edgar Olsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1986 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- 76Y · White Bear Lake, MN
- Destination
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Airport
- STP · St Paul Downtown, runway 30, 5,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,345 total · 278 in this make and model · 1,276 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.