Accident Cessna A185F N619VM, Sunday 18 July 2010

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Date:	Sunday 18 July 2010
Time:	10:00 LT
Type:	Cessna A185F
Owner/operator:	James Causey
Registration:	N619VM
MSN:	18504284
Year of manufacture:	1981
Engine model:	Continental IO 520 SERIES
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field, ID (COE/KCOE) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	McCall Airport, ID (MYL/KMYL)
Destination airport:	Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field, ID (COE/KCOE)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
While on final approach to the destination runway, the pilot noted that the windsock indicated a variable crosswind. The airplane touched down normally, in a tail-low configuration with the upwind-wing lowered to accommodate the crosswind. As the airplane was on the landing roll it passed by a hangar, where the pilot maneuvered the controls to adjust for the sudden no-wind condition. Just prior to the tailwheel making contact with the runway surface, the airplane passed a gap between two hangars and correspondingly encountered a gusty crosswind. The airplane partially ground-looped, with the right wing contacting the surface. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. A routine aviation weather report (METAR) for the airport, issued around the time of the accident, reported winds from 230 degrees at 03 knots.

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during the landing roll.

Accident investigation: