Left front wheel fork fails on amphibious cessna 185 during a taxi test.

Attributes
ACN	835072
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skywagon 185
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 1
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

During a taxi test of the C185 on amphib floats the left front wheel fork failed and wheel bent under. Fork failed from previous crack in fork about 1/3 of structure undetected and failed during taxi test. Aircraft was able to taxi off runway after short inspection of damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Left front wheel fork fails on amphibious Cessna 185 during a taxi test.

Narrative: During a Taxi test of the C185 on amphib floats the left front wheel fork failed and wheel bent under. Fork failed from previous crack in fork about 1/3 of structure undetected and failed during taxi test. Aircraft was able to taxi off runway after short inspection of damage.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.