ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198713
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 September 2016 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 185D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5892T |
| MSN: | 185-0792 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5916 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Delta Junction, AK (PVT) |
| Delta Junction, AK (PVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he and his passenger waited most of the day for the 30-knot wind to subside before departing the 1,200-ft-long dirt and grass airstrip.
He reported that the wind velocity had decreased to 10 knots and that he had calculated that, with the 10-knot headwind, the airplane would rotate about 700 ft down the runway. The pilot monitored the wind via ribbons placed at various locations around the airstrip. During takeoff, the airplane rotated about 700 ft down the runway and climbed to about 8 ft above the ground. The pilot stated that it “then it felt like we lost our lift.” The pilot recalled that there wasn’t enough runway remaining to land and that there was a brush-covered bank at the departure end of the runway. The airplane started to settle to the ground, and although operating at full power and on the cusp of a stall, they cleared the bank. Beyond the bank, the pilot landed the airplane on a short sand bar, but the airplane overran the sand bar and impacted several large rocks.
After exiting the airplane, the pilot noticed that he had departed with an 8- to 10-knot tailwind. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing strut, the aileron, the horizontal stabilizer and the elevator.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airframe or engine that would have prevented normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize he was taking off with a tailwind and his inadequate compensation for taking off with a tailwind, which led to the airplane’s failure to attain a climb and a subsequent forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 July 1998 | N5892T | Private | 0 | Kenai, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 14:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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