Accident · 1999-09-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-09-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185F (N85LC)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- TAMARACK AIR LTD. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TAMARACK AIR LTD. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
Corrosion and a fatigue failure of the lower end of the landing gear strut. Factors in the accident were the manufacturer's and the FAA's insufficient standards/requirements for life limits and inspection procedures.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA145Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.