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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185C · New Hanover, PA · May 12, 1990

Date
May 12, 1990 · 18:00 local
Place
New Hanover, PA
Airport
New Hanover Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2679Z
Reported as
Cessna 185C
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total13 in this make and model77 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.

Lost directional control on takeoff roll,ground looped. Extensive damage right wing and landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL,GROUND LOOPED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEAR.