# NTSB SEA86LA218: Cessna A185E, N1RC, Soldier Bar Air, ID, August 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1986, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Soldier Bar Air, ID
- Coordinates: 45.070858, -115.969779 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0709&lon=-115.9698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40480/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA218

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502060
- Airframe hours: 1400
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860822041819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860822041819A), Aug 22, 1986: Cessna 185F, Soldier Bar, ID, Substantial damage. Nosed over on the landing roll. Blamed a tailwind but none reported.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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