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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Pontiac, MI · July 5, 2001

Date: July 5, 2001 · 15:58 local
Place: Pontiac, MI
Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30AW
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total250 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N30AWRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18502369 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) VFR weather and surface winds 290 @ 14 gusting to 19 KTS. Pilot made initial landing attempt to runway 27R @ptk. Pilot stated he did not like the crosswind. After the main landing gear touched down he aborted the landing attempt. On the second landing he stated that he made a wheel landing, cut the power and that's when the aircraft ground looped to the right and stopped on the nose of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) VFR WEATHER AND SURFACE WINDS 290 @ 14 GUSTING TO 19 KTS. PILOT MADE INITIAL LANDING ATTEMPT TO RUNWAY 27R @PTK. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT LIKE THE CROSSWIND. AFTER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HE ABORTED THE LANDING ATTEMPT. ON THE SECOND LANDING HE STATED THAT HE MADE A WHEEL LANDING, CUT THE POWER AND THAT'S WHEN THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT AND STOPPED ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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