# Incident 19971212041549I: Cessna A185F, Tucson, AZ, December 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1997, 15:06 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301DD) (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 A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971212041549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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