- Date
- August 22, 1986, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Soldier Bar Air, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1RCCessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860822041819A
- Case key
- 40480
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on a 1600 foot runway with a tailwind. The density altitude at the time was about 6300 feet. During braking a gust of wind occurred and the aircraft nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1RC
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502060
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William W. White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 85U · Soldier Bar Air, ID
- Airport
- 85U · Soldier Bar Airstrip, runway 25, 1,600 × 20 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.