Cessna 185E N4772Q

Summary

On 14 August 1983 at about 00:34 local time, a Cessna 185E registered N4772Q, operated by Salmon Air Taxi, was involved in an accident near Boise, Idaho, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1983 at 00:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Boise, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Boise Air Terminal (BOI)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 185E

Registration

N4772Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Salmon Air Taxi

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McCall → Boise

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83LA177

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.