# Accident 19980930027269A: Cessna A185F, Elizabethton, TN, September 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Airport: Elizabethton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3297° N, 82.2293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3297&lon=-82.2293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1236F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1236F) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 28 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930027269A

## Narrative

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

ACFT GROUND LOOPED AND FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING. (-23)THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT, SOLO PATTERN PERIOD AT OA9 APPROXIMATELY 1300 EDT, 09-30-98. THE TRAINEE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE PATTERN AT THE TIME;  HAVING FLOWN ONE PATTERN PRIOR AND MAKING A GO AROUND ON THE LAST WHEEL LANDING BECAUSE OF AN UNCOMFORTABLE BOUNCE.  THE SECOND PATTERN WAS TO EXECUTE A 3 PT., FULL FLAP LANDING.    FINAL APPROACH WAS SMOOTH WITH ONLY A SLIHGHT CRAB FOR A RIGHT CROSSWIND.  ON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT NOTED THE WIND FISH (TO THE LEFT OF THE APPROACH END) WAS ONLY FLUTTERING VERY SLIGHTLY - RELATIVELY CALM.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 3 PT.  AND STARTED ROLL OUT.  AT THIS TIME, A SWERVE TO THE RIGHT STARTED.  AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CORRECT WITH LEFT RUDDER AND THEN COMMENCED FULL POWER FOR A GO AROUND, BUT THE TAIL HAD COME AROUND TOO FAR, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DROP AND SCRAPE PAVEMENT.  THEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO NOSE OVER.  WHEN POWER WAS PULLED, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THEN RETURNED TO SHUT THINGS DOWN.  LATER HE STATED THAT THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT NO MALFUNCTION OF FLIGHT OR ENGINE CONTROLS WERE NOTICED. (.4) THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND FROM THE FIRST  WHEEL LANDING AFTER THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND REENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24, WITH THE WIND FROM 280 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED IN A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE AND BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.  HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND POWER BUT THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REDUCED POWER BUT THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED ON GRASS.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FLIGHT CONTROL OR ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## 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 MIA98LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA255), Sep 30, 1998: Cessna A185F (N1236F), Elizabethton, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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