# Accident 20030817020299A: Cessna A185E, Emmett, ID, August 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2003, 14:20 local time
- Place: Emmett, ID
- Airport: Emmett Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8497° N, 116.5428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8497&lon=-116.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,274 total, 15 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030817020299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING SECOND TOUCH AND GO AT EMMETT, IDAHO AIRPORT, RUNWAY 28, PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. HE CORRECTED BY APPLYING RIGHT BRAKE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE BACK TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. WHEN HE CORRECTED FOR THIS SWERVE BY USING LEFT BRAKE, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP WITH THE WHEELS POINTING TOWARD THE SKY. THE NOSE WAS POINTED DOWN RUNWAY 10 AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.

## 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 SEA03LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA171), Aug 17, 2003: Cessna 185 (N185LC), Emmett, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for a quartering tailwind during the initial part of the landing roll, and his failure to adequately decrease his brake applications to compensate for the…

## Other reports on N185LC (1)

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

- [Accident 20170711009039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711009039A), Jul 11, 2017: Cessna A185E (N185LC), Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot departed harvey field (S43) snohomish, WA to Nampa Municipal Airport (kman) in Nampa, ID. Pilot stated that on departure out of S43 the aircraft seemed…

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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