Event ANC86LA056

1986-05-12 TOK, Alaska, United States Airport · 6K8 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4761Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Year of manufacture

1967 · 19 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670315

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5D9EE

Registrant of record

MICHAELSON LAWRENCE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4761Q Cessna A185E None

Factual narrative

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED THAT UPON LANDING IN A CROSSWIND, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BECOME AIRBORNE. UPON TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A CRAB AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE LEFT WINGTIP, THEN THE RIGHT WINGTIP, ON THE GROUND, AND THEN NOSED OVER. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_ANC86LA056.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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