ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174896
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Date: | Friday 13 February 2004 |
Time: | 14:26 |
Type: | Cessna 185F |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4836Q |
MSN: | 18503561 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8600 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mesa, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mesa, AZ (FFZ) |
Destination airport: | Mesa, AZ (FFZ) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane ground looped during landing and swerved off the runway. During the landing rollout while practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings, the pilot looked down to set the trim. When he looked up, the airplane was turning right, and the left wing tip was almost touching the ground. The airplane then veered off the runway, and the left wing impacted the ground. The pilot reported that no mechanical problems were experienced with the airplane. The pilot's total flying experience was about 265 hours, with the majority of the flight time in conventional gear airplanes. He had approximately 7 hours of flight time in this make and model of airplane, accumulating 2 hours of flight time in the last thirty days. To prevent similar accidents, the pilot recommended "not looking down, and flying the airplane until it stops." About the time of the accident, the 90-degree right crosswind component was approximately 8 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop. A factor in this accident was the pilot's diverted attention.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX04LA131 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040223X00218&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Mar-2015 18:07 |
Noro |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:30 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
07-Dec-2017 17:41 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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