# Accident 20010416007829A: Cessna A185F, Fayetteville, NC, April 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2001, 12:09 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville Regional/Grannis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9914° N, 78.8800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9914&lon=-78.8800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252W (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: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010416007829A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON APRIL 16, 2001, ABOUT 1209 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N252W, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1200. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLL A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BEGIN TURNING TO THE LEFT. ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE LEFT TURN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT ABOUT 90 DEGREES, STRIKING THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE RUNWAY.             (-23)DURING LANDING ROLL OUT IN VFR CONDITIONS, PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO GROUNDLOOP ON RUNWAY.  THE CESSNA LOOPED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP OVER ONTO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL ELEVATOR,RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THESE SURFACES.                                                                                  (.4) ON APRIL 16, 2001, ABOUT 1209 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N252W, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1200. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLL A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BEGIN TURNING TO THE LEFT. ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE LEFT TURN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT ABOUT 90 DEGREES, STRIKING THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE RUNWAY.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY FAA INSPECTORS SHOWED THE RIGHT WING, STABILIZER, AND ELEVATOR RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA01LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA123), Apr 16, 2001: Cessna A185F (N252W), Fayetteville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane after encounter wind gusts during landing roll resulting in the airplane ground looping to the left and the right wing, right…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.