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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Chapel Hill, NC · May 25, 1994

Date
May 25, 1994 · 14:30 local
Place
Chapel Hill, NC
Airport
Horace Williams Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8527Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL94LA106
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,000 in this make and model50 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 landing and ground looped. Blamed wind gust. Not verified.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED. BLAMED WIND GUST. NOT VERIFIED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.