GENERAL INFORMATION FOR NTSB REPORT: ANC00LA002
Data Source |
NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE |
NTSB Report Nbr |
ANC00LA002 |
Event Id |
20001212X19895 |
Local Date |
10/07/1999 |
Local Time |
1310 |
State |
AK |
Event Type |
ACCIDENT |
Injury Severity |
NONE |
Record Status |
FINAL |
Mid Air Collision |
NO |
Event Location |
OFF AIRPORT/AIRSTRIP |
WEATHER INFORMATION
Weather Briefing Complete |
FULL |
Basic Weather Conditions |
VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL COND |
Light Condition |
DAY |
Cloud Condition |
UNKNOWN |
Cloud Height above Ground Level (ft) |
0 |
Ceiling Height above Ground Level (ft) |
3000 |
Cloud Type |
OVERCAST |
Visibility RVR (ft) |
0 |
Visibility RVV (sm) |
0 |
Visibility (sm) |
11 |
Wind Direction (deg) |
0 |
Wind Condition Flag |
U |
Wind Speed (knots) |
0 |
Wind Condition Indicated |
Calm |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
Aircraft 1
Type of Operation |
PART 135: AIR TAXI & COMMUTER |
Registration Number |
N85CG |
Aircraft Make |
CESSNA |
Aircraft Model |
A185 |
Aircraft Series |
E |
Aircraft Damage |
SUBSTANTIAL |
Aircraft Fire |
NONE |
Aircraft Explosion |
NONE |
Aircraft Type |
AIRPLANE |
Aircraft Homebuilt |
UNKNOWN |
Phase of Flight |
LANDING |
Aircraft Use |
UNKNOWN |
Category of Operation |
NON-SCHEDULED |
Flight Plan Filed |
COMPANY VFR |
Domestic/International |
DOMESTIC |
Passenger/Cargo |
PASSENGER ONLY |
Operator Name |
GULF AIR TAXI INC |
Operator Doing Business As |
|
Owner Name |
GULF AIR TAXI, INC. |
Number of Seats |
4 |
Number of Engines |
1 |
ELT Installed |
YES |
ELT Operated |
NO |
Departure Airport Id |
YAK |
Departure City |
|
Departure State |
ALASKA |
Last Departure Point |
YES |
Destination Local |
DEST & DEPARTURE SAME, ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE |
Destination Airport Id |
|
Destination City |
|
Runway Id |
0 |
Air Carrier Operating Certificates |
NO |
Air Carrier Other Operating Certificates |
UNKNOWN |
Rotocraft/Agriculture Operating Certificate |
UNKNOWN |
Cert Max Gross Wgt |
3300 |
ENGINE INFORMATION
Aircraft 1 - Engine : #1
Engine Manufactuer
| Continental |
Engine Model
| IO-520 |
Engine Horsepower
| 300 |
Engine Thrust
| HP |
Carb/Injection
| FUEL INJECTED |
INJURY INFORMATION
Injury Summary for Aircraft 1
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Minor |
None |
Crew |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pass |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Sequence of Events for Aircraft 1
Occurrence #1 GEAR COLLAPSED
Phase of Operation: LANDING - ROLL
Events Sequence for Occurrence #1 of Aircraft 1
Event Seq # |
Event Group Code |
Subject |
Modifier |
Personnel |
Cause/Factor |
1 |
1 |
TERRAIN CONDITION |
SOFT |
|
FACTOR |
2 |
2 |
UNSUITABLE TERRAIN OR TAKEOFF/LANDING/TAXI AREA |
SELECTED |
PILOT IN COMMAND |
CAUSE |
AIRCRAFT 1 PRELIMINARY REPORT
On October 7, 1999, about 1310 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna A185E airplane, N85CG, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport site located about 20 miles east of Yakutat, Alaska, at 59.31 north latitude, 139.05 west longitude. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) on-demand passenger flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by Gulf Air Taxi, Inc., Yakutat, Alaska. The certificated commercial pilot, and three passengers aboard, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated at the Yakutat Airport, Yakutat, about 1245.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on October 7, the pilot said he was landing to the east on a soft, sand-covered river bank. He said that after touchdown and during the landing roll, the right main landing gear leg collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing.
AIRCRAFT 1 FINAL REPORT
The certificated commercial pilot, with three passengers aboard, was landing on a remote soft, sand-covered river bank. After touchdown and during the landing roll, the right main landing gear leg collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground.
AIRCRAFT 1 CAUSE REPORT
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. A factor associated with the accident was soft terrain.
END REPORT