20050309005609A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185E · Marana, AZ · March 9, 2005

Date
March 9, 2005 · 12:30 local
Place
Marana, AZ
Airport
Marana Northwest Regnl Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4530F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX05LA110
Reported as
Cessna A185E
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,200 total105 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated, "a normal landing was performed and during the rollout the aircraft began a slow left turn. I added a small directional correction without response and added additional correction until the right rudder was at the control stop and a full right braking was accomplished. The aircraft continued to the left and approached the edge of the runway pavement. At approximately two to three plane lengths prior to the runway edge the right hand landing gear separated from the aircraft and the right wing, tail surface, and propeller contacted the runway. The forward speed at the time of separation and contact of the wing with the runway was just above walking speed."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED, "A NORMAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND DURING THE ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A SLOW LEFT TURN. I ADDED A SMALL DIRECTIONAL CORRECTION WITHOUT RESPONSE AND ADDED ADDITIONAL CORRECTION UNTIL THE RIGHT RUDDER WAS AT THE CONTROL STOP AND A FULL RIGHT BRAKING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT AND APPROACHED THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. AT APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE PLANE LENGTHS PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY EDGE THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING, TAIL SURFACE, AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE FORWARD SPEED AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION AND CONTACT OF THE WING WITH THE RUNWAY WAS JUST ABOVE WALKING SPEED."

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.