# Incident 20010705016219I: Cessna A185F, Pontiac, MI, July 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2001, 15:58 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30AW) (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: 1,400 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705016219I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N30AW (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140228003599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140228003599A), Feb 28, 2014: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Fredericksburg, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot encountered heavy wind gust and direct crosswind on takeoff roll causing aircraft to leave the left side of runway. Aircraft then continued to spin to…
- [Incident 19970608013549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970608013549I), Jun 8, 1997: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Romeo, MI, Substantial damage. Narrative: Mr. Anderson was on a pleasure trip from mackinaw to home at new haven/macomb airport #57D while in the Romeo area, his plane engine had a…
- [Accident 19780521012529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521012529A), May 21, 1978: Cessna 414A (N30AW), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Pieces of o ring packing lodged in ball check chamber of uplock ator,p/n 5727110-5.

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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