# Accident 20040812019199A: Cessna A185F, New Braunfels, TX, August 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7044° N, 98.0422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7044&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1666R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040812019199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING, THE STUDENT ENCOUNTERED CROSSWINDS. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE OUTBD. SIDE OF THE RIGHT TIRE BEFORE THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT ONTO ITS NOSE WHEN THE RIGHT TIRE WENT INTO THE GRASS. ALSO, THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ELEVATOR AND ONE BLADE OF THE PROP WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT. THERE WAS NO POST FIRE AND NO INJURIES.

## 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 FTW04LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA213), Aug 12, 2004: Cessna A185F (N1666R), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind and his failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was the crosswind.

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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