# Accident 19971002040589A: Cessna A185F, Roseau, MN, October 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1997, 15:20 local time
- Place: Roseau, MN
- Airport: Roseau Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8405° N, 95.7595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8405&lon=-95.7595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105NR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,768 total, 38 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98TA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98TA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971002040589A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION, ATTEMPTED TWO LANDINGS AT ROSEAU AIRPORT FOR REFUELING. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING, THE PIC ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AFTER BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY, AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. ON THE SECOND APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PIC BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, AND THEN SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL, AND SLID OFF OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID THROUGH THE GRASS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, THIS CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE THE GROUND, BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (.19)  ON OCTOBER 2, 1997, AT 1520 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N105NR, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A GROUND LOOP ON LANDING AT ROSEAU MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR ROSEAU, MINNESOTA.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PUBLIC USE FLIG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          HT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SURVEYING MIGRATORY WATERFOWL. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED BIMIDJI AT 1300, WITH A PLANNED INTERMEDIATE STOP AT ROSEAU FOR FUEL.  THE FINAL LEG OF THE FLIGHT WAS A PLANNED RETURN TO BIMIDJI.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 070 AT 7 KNOTS.  HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 34 (4400' X 75' DRY ASPHALT).  HE SAID AFTER LANDING HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST A "RIGHT YAW" WHICH CONTINUED THROUGH A GROUND LOOP WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. (.4) THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 34.  THE PILOT SAID THE WIND WAS FROM 070 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.  DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE RIGHT, EXITED THE RUNWAY, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE GROUND LOOP.                                     (-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION, ATTEMPTED TWO LANDINGS AT ROSEAU AIRPORT FOR REFUELING.  AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING, THE PIC ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AFTER BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY, AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  ON THE SECOND APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE P IC, BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, AND THEN SETTLED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL, AND SLID OFF OF THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID THROUGH THE GRASS, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, THIS CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE THE GROUND, BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP.

## 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 CHI98TA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98TA023), Oct 2, 1997: Cessna A185F (N105NR), Roseau, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor was the crosswind.

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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