Cessna 185E N1592F
10 September 2005 · Pilot Point, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 2005 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 185E registered N1592F was involved in an accident near Pilot Point, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 03:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pilot Point, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 57.2101, -153.3203
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185E
- Registration
- N1592F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pilot Point → Pilot Point
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- ANC05LA142
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and an overload failure of the main landing gear during the landing touchdown.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airline transport certificated pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight. He said during landing at a sod covered, off airport site, the left main landing gear collapsed. Upon inspection, he discovered that the left main landing gear strut attachment bolt had broken. He reported that a witness told him he initially bounced 12-18 inches on landing before settling onto the landing area a second time. The pilot said there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained structural damage to the gear box, left wing, aileron, and horizontal stabilizer. An examination of the landing gear attachment bolt, and new, exemplar bolts, by a metallurgist at the NTSB materials laboratory in Washington, D.C., revealed that the bolt had broken in a "ductile overstress separation in bending and shear mode." The laboratory report notes that the bolt was made of the appropriate material, and was of the proper dimensions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 185 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2005 | Cessna 185F | Medford, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 2005 | Cessna 185F | Bettles, Alaska, United States | Brooks Range Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2005 | Cessna 185 | Neiva, Colombia | Saer | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Nov 2005 | Cessna 185 | Cordova, Alaska, United States | Federal Aviation Administration | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 2005 | Cessna 185 | Russian Mission, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Cessna 185 | Limestone Lake, Canada | George F. Kalmbach | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,004 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 2005 | Cessna 180 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 13 Sep 2005 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Nenana, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 2005 | Cessna 180 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2005 | Piper PA-18 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2005 | Cessna 207A | Excursion Inlet, Alaska, United States | Wings of Alaska | No injuries | - |
| 15 Feb 2005 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Koyukuk, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |