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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 2017 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N185LC |
| MSN: | 18502014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2502 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520_D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nampa-KMAN, ID (MAN/KMAN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kooskia, ID (S82) |
| Nampa, ID (MAN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot reported that, during the landing roll in the tailwheel airplane, he was unable to maintain directional control after encountering a quartering tailwind gust from the right. The airplane subsequently ground looped, causing substantial damage to the left wing.
A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies with the tailwheel assembly, rudder, or control continuity to the rudder that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel airplane during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 2003 | N185LC | Private | 0 | Emmett, Idaho | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Dec-2018 20:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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