# Accident 19990915026289A: Cessna A185F, Daggett, CA, September 15, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 15, 1999, 06:50 local time - Place: Daggett, CA - Airport: Barstow-Daggett - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.8606° N, 116.8104° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8606&lon=-116.8104&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9497N (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99TA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99TA308) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990915026289A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1999, AT 0650 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N9497N, MADE A HARD LANDING AT DAGGETT, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, NEITHER THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOR HIS PILOT-RATED STUDENT WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) AS PUBLIC-USE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 26 AND CLIMBED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 300 FEET AGL WITH TAKEOFF FLAPS SET AT 20 DEGREES. AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 300 FEET, THE INSTRUCTOR RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO PRODUCE A SIMULATED EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING. RUNWAY 26 IS 6,400 FEET IN LENGTH; THE EMERGENCY WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT MIDFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED HARD, BLOWING THE LEFT TIRE, AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT GEAR. THE 3-BLADED PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY LEAVING 18 PERPENDICULAR SCARS IN THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP PARTIALLY ON THE LEFT WING TIP. UPON INSPECTION BY CHP MAINTENAN ENCE PERSONNEL, CHORDWISE WRINKLES WERE NOTED IN THE UPPER WING SURFACE. BARSTOW-DAGGETT WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED AS 270 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1999, AT APPROX. 6:50 AM PST, A CESSNA 185, OPERATED BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING ACCIDENT AT THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE A/C WAS PILOTED BY A CERTIFICATED LIGHT INSTRUCTOR EMPLOYED BY THE CHP AS A CHIEF PILOT AND A COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT WHO WAS UNDERGOING AN EVALUATION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS AT THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.STATED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF RUNWAY 26 AND REACHING AN AIRSPEED OF 75 KNOTS AND AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX. 100 AGL, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE TO DEMONSTRATE AN ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE A/C TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND EFFECT THE LANDING. UPON DETECTING A HIGH SINK RATE WHICH HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE MANUEVER, HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT HOWEVER, THE A/C LANDED HARD. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO FAIL ALLOWING TH E PROPELLER AND LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. (.4)ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1999, AT 0650 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N9497N, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE DAGGETT, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, NEITHER THE COMMERCIAL PILOT NOR HIS PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PUBLIC-USE FLIGHT BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 26 AND CLIMBED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 200 FEET AGL WITH TAKEOFF FLAPS SET AT 20 DEGREES. AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 200 FEET, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO PRODUCE A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. HE MOVED THE YOKE FORWARD AND ESTABLISHED A DOWNWARD DESCENT ANGLE. AS THE AIRCRAFT NEARED THE RUNWAY, HE RECOGNIZED THAT A HIGH SINK RATE WAS DEVELOPING. SIMULTANEOUSLY, HE FLARED AND ADDED FULL POWER IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW THE DESCENT; HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF HIS ACTIONS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT TIRE BL WE OUT AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE 3-BLADED PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY LEAVING 18 PERPENDICULAR SCARS IN THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP RESTING PARTIALLY ON THE LEFT WING TIP. UPON INSPECTION BY CHP MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, CHORDWISE WRINKLES WERE NOTED IN THE UPPER WING SURFACE. BARSTOW-DAGGETT WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED AS 270 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. ## 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 LAX99TA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99TA308), Sep 15, 1999: Cessna A185F (N9497N), Daggett, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to recognize an excessive rate of descent and his subsequent delayed flare, which resulted in a hard landing. 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. 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