- Date
- August 13, 1983, 18:34 local (Aug 14, 1983, 00:34 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4772QCessna 185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813041119A
- Case key
- 39754
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed in a near maximum velocity crosswind and while braking to control/correct a swerve, the right main landing gear separated from the acft. The landing was on rwy 28R and the wind was from 200 degrees at 10 to 14 KTS on final and 12 KTS when the pilot was over the threshold. The acft touched down on the left wheel and bounced a little. Ittouched down again on the left gear and the pilot raised the tail. The right main came down with the tail still in the air. At about 4O mph the tail was lowered and the acft started a left turn. The pilot corrected with full rudder and right braking. The pilot detected a sinking on the right side and then the right strut collapsed. When he deplaned the pilot discovered the right gear had separated. The maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity for this aircraft (Cessna 185) is 15 KTS. Metallurgical tests were performed on the right wheel spindle attaching nuts and bolts which showed that the rear bolts failed at the interface of spindle and strut due to tensile overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4772Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1239
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Salmon Air Taxi
- Registered owner
- Mountain Bird, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal, runway 28R, 7,400 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,164 total · 55 in this make and model · 987 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.