Probable cause
The inadvertent contact with a rut in the snow while taxiing, resulting in the collapse of the right main landing gear.
NTSB analysis
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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC11CA018 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Mar 19, 2011
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Aniak, Alaska
- Nearest airport
- Aniak (PANI)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna A185F
- N-number
- N5182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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