# Incident 19880521029899I: Cessna A185F, Elgin, AZ, May 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1988, 12:15 local time
- Place: Elgin, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6666° N, 110.5327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elgin, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6666&lon=-110.5327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N243W-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 17 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880521029899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TOUCHDOWN. HAD WIND SHIFT.  VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A MANURE PILE. MINOR DAMAGES.

## Other reports on N243W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120425006469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120425006469A), Apr 25, 2012: Cessna A185F (N243W), Blanding, UT, Destroyed, 3 fatal. N243W collided with terrain in the dark canyon wilderness area near Blanding, UT. The purpose of the flight was a backcountry instructional flight. The…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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