19971212041549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Tucson, AZ · December 12, 1997

Date: December 12, 1997 · 15:06 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Tucson International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N301DD
Reported as: Cessna A185F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total

N301DDRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18503985 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: pilot new on a VFR flight to el paso, decided the weather was deteriorating and decided to change his destination to Tucson. Upon landing on runway 11L at Tucson International he experienced a wind gust and ground looped the aircraft. Minor damage to the aircraft, no injuries to the pilot. No passengers. This report does not involve an NMAC report. FAA form 8020-11 received from air traffic. This does not involve a pilot deviation report by air traffic. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT NEW ON A VFR FLIGHT TO EL PASO, DECIDED THE WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING AND DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS DESTINATION TO TUCSON. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 11L AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL HE EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. NO PASSENGERS. THIS REPORT DOES NOT INVOLVE AN NMAC REPORT. FAA FORM 8020-11 RECEIVED FROM AIR TRAFFIC. THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT BY AIR TRAFFIC. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.