# NTSB Accident LAX02LA052
> **Cessna 185F** · 2001-12-18 · RENO, NV, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX02LA052
- **Event ID:** 20011227X02449
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-12-18
- **Location:** RENO, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.480022, -119.739456
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 185F
- **Registration:** N5172R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Wear on the tail wheel thrust plate spacers resulted in the compression springs binding on the thrust plates and the tail wheel sticking, so that the pilot could not maintain directional control.

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