# Incident 19960825030259I: Cessna 185F, Keene, NH, August 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1996, 16:20 local time
- Place: Keene, NH
- Airport: Dillant-Hopkins
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8984° N, 72.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLANT/HOPKINS (EEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8984&lon=-72.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39CC) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 950 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960825030259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 8/25/96 MR. ROBERT JEFFWAY, PILOT N39CC, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT DILLANT-HOPKINS AIRPORT (EEN). A GUST OF WIND IMPACTED THE CESSNA 185 AMPHIBIAN AT TOUCH-DOWN CAUSING A SLIGHT SIDE LOAD AND HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING. THE IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY CAUSED THE RIGHT SIDE MAIN GEAR OUTER TIRE TO BREAK FREE DURING THE ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED CLEAR ONTO RUNWAY 14/32. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, DURING THIS LANDING INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS ONLY IN THE WHEEL AREA AND MINOR IN NATURE. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N39CC (1)

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

- [Accident 19970628016199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970628016199A), Jun 28, 1997: Cessna A185F (N39CC), Southbridge, MA, Substantial damage. On departure lost engine power, hit power line and trees, crashed in field.(.4) on June 28, 1997, at 1700 eastern daylight time, N39CC, a Cessna A185F, was…

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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