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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 2006 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A185E |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N185RW |
| MSN: | 18502060 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Turner, Maine -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Scarborough, ME |
| Turner, ME (3B5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot elected to land with a tailwind, on a turf runway that was adjacent and perpendicular to a riverbank. With the Cessna 185 configured for landing, and just prior to touchdown, the airplane experienced an increase in descent rate due to "either an increase in the tailwind or a downdraft." The airplane struck the face of the runway below the landing surface, collapsing the right main landing gear, and resulting in substantial damage. The pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies of the airplane, and when asked how the accident could have been prevented stated, "carried more airspeed to counter the effect of [the] possible increased tailwind."
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, resulting in a runway undershoot, and substantial damage to the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC06CA140
History of this aircraft
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| 22 August 1986 | N1RC | Private | 0 | Soldier Bar Air, ID | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 15:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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