# Accident 19961103034659A: Cessna A185E, Price, UT, November 3, 1996 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 3, 1996, 15:40 local time - Place: Price, UT - Airport: Carbon County Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.5701° N, 110.8008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-110.8008&mi=10 - Aircraft: N19EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19EC) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E - Reported engine: CONT IO520D - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 9 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA024) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961103034659A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NEW PURCHASE. LOST CONTROL LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. GEAR ATTACH BOLT FAILED DUE STRESS. UNSKILLED IN TYPE. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 3, 1996, APPROXIMATELY 1540 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA A185E, N19EC, PURCHASED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON LANDING AT THE CARBON COUNTY AIRPORT, PRICE, UTAH. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND THE VFR FLIGHT PLAN WHICH HAD BEEN FILED, HAD NOT BEEN ACTIVATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED UNDER 14CFR91, AND ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON, TEXAS, WITH ITS MOST RECENT STOP AT BLANDING, UTAH. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED NORMALLY ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 18 AFTER WHICH IT BEGAN TO DEVIATE TO THE LEFT. HE REPORTED APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER WHICH RESULTED IN AN OVER-CORRECTION AND THEN APPLIED LEFT BRAKE, AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. (.4) THE PILOT EXECUTED A LANDING TO RUNWAY 18 (8,300 FEET LENGTH) DURING WHICH THE TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TRACK TO THE LEFT AND THE P ILOT CORRECTED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AND CROSSED OVER THE CENTERLINE DURING WHICH THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE RIGHT VEER BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED. A SINGLE TIRE SMEAR MARK WAS OBSERVED ON THE RUNWAY BEGINNING AT THE CENTERLINE, ARCING RIGHT AND THEN OSCILLATING BRIEFLY BEFORE EXITING THE RUNWAY'S EDGE. A BLUE SMEAR MARK CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S BLUE LEFT WINGTIP PAINT NEAR THE RUNWAY'S EDGE WAS NOTED. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 4 KNOTS 2 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BOLT REVEALED SMEARING OF THE BOLT THREADS. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB SEA97LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA024), Nov 3, 1996: Cessna A185E (N19EC), Price, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Other reports on N19EC (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20181214023549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181214023549A), Dec 14, 2018: Cessna A185E (N19EC), Tacoma, WA, Substantial damage. On December 14, 2018 at approximately 1655Z, N19EC, operated by [privacy data omitted] veered off the east side of runway 17 during landing. Pilot indicated… - [Accident 20171024014999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171024014999A), Oct 24, 2017: Cessna A185E (N19EC), Gig Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. During the landing roll out the left main tire ruptured. This caused the aircraft to swerve off the side of the runway. Damage occurred to the left main gear,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.