# Incident 19890407019959I: Cessna 185F, Leesburg, FL, April 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1RM) (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 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 500 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890407019959I

## Narrative

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

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

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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