# Accident 20021022028339A: Cessna A185F, Waterville, ME, October 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2002, 12:52 local time
- Place: Waterville, ME
- Airport: Waterville Robert Lafleur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5331° N, 69.6753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5331&lon=-69.6753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7321H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021022028339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 HOURS ON OCTOBER 22, 2002, A CESSNA A185F, REGISTRATION N7321H OPERATED BY DOUGLASS S. YOUNG, WAS OPERATING WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE WATERVILLE, MAINE AIRPORT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ALSO TESTING A NEWLY INSTALLED GPS. THE PIC (ONLY SOB) WAS LETTING THE EQUIPMENT TRACK THE ILS TO RUNWAY 5 TO SEE HOW IT PERFORMED. THE WX WAS VMC AND THE AUTOMATED WEATHER CALLED FOR WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 340 DEGREES AT 7-10 MPH. PIC STATED THAT UPON LANDING RWY 5 AT WVL, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE TAIL FROM THE LEFT, HE "MAY" HAVE APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKE AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THIS RESULTED IN WING/GROUND CONTACT, NOSING OVER AND COMING TO REST INVERTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 IAD03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA009), Oct 22, 2002: Cessna 185 (N7321H), Waterville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. A factor was the quartering tailwind.

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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