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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185F · Leesburg, FL · April 7, 1989

Date
April 7, 1989 · 13:30 local
Place
Leesburg, FL
Airport
Leesburg Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1RM
Reported as
Cessna 185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,650 total500 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Gust of wind during flare. Landed in a crab angle. Side load broke right main gear and wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

GUST OF WIND DURING FLARE. LANDED IN A CRAB ANGLE. SIDE LOAD BROKE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND WING TIP.