ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298414
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| Date: | Friday 5 October 2001 |
| Time: | 16:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185F |
| Owner/operator: | Office Of Aircraft Services |
| Registration: | N9344N |
| MSN: | 18504334 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bethel, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated commercial pilot, with the two passengers, was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a dry, paved runway. In a written statement to the NTSB, the pilot reported that while on approach for landing on runway 18, he encountered wind estimated to be from 230 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot wrote: "Upon contact of the mains, I felt a very hard pull to the right. I then applied left rudder and brake, but this was ineffective in stopping it from coming around to the right." The airplane ultimately ground looped to the right, and the left wing and left elevator struck the edge of the runway. A postaccident disassembly and inspection of the accident airplane's tailwheel assembly revealed that tailwheel steering horn showed signs of wear.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors associated in the accident were a crosswind, and a worn tailwheel steering horn.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02TA001
History of this aircraft
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| 8 August 2007 | N720 | U.S. Department of the Interior | 0 | Bethel, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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