Cessna A185F N5182H

Summary

On 19 March 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N5182H, operated by Vanderpool Robert W, was involved in an accident near Aniak, Alaska, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

19 March 2011 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Aniak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Aniak (PANI)

Coordinates

61.5817, -159.5431

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N5182H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Vanderpool Robert W

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aniak → Red Devil

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11CA018

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent contact with a rut in the snow while taxiing, resulting in the collapse of the right main landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While the pilot was taxiing the ski-equipped airplane to the runway, he inadvertently hit a rut in the snow, and the right main landing gear collapsed. He stated that he was taxiing the airplane fast enough to keep the tail off the ground. He said that the right main landing gear failed at the fuselage attach point, and the right wing struck the ground resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and aileron.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.