Accident · 2007-05-01
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-05-01
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna A185F (N185M)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mountain Flying Service, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Mountain Flying Service
Probable cause
The main landing gear attachment bolts to the right ski sheared during the landing roll in deep snow, resulting in a nose down, and structural damage to the right wing and aileron.
Source: NTSB case ANC07LA035Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
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