# Accident 20060825017549A: Cessna A185E, Valentine, NE, August 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2006, 21:30 local time
- Place: Valentine, NE
- Airport: Miller Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8578° N, 100.5478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8578&lon=-100.5478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4730Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4730Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060825017549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED SHE WHEEL LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT VALENTINE NE AT 2130. IT WAS DARK AND THE WIND WAS FORECAST 350 15 WITH GUSTS TO 25. AS SHE POSITIONED THE AIRPLANE CONTROLS FOR A RIGHT WIND, CROSSWIND, SHE STATED SHE CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. AS SHE PUT THE TAIL WHEEL DOWN, THE RIGHT WHEEL DROPPED TO THE RIGHT, OFF OF SOME UNEVEN PAVEMENT. BY DOING SO, SHE STATED THE LEFT BRAKE BECAME MORE EFFECTIVE, AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE LEFT CAUSING IT TO GROUND LOOP. THE RIGHT WING CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT, AS DID THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE RIGHT WING, REAR SPAR WAS DAMAGED, AS WAS THE RIGHT WINGTIP, THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL ELEVATOR AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILATOR.

## 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 CHI06LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA255), Aug 26, 2006: Cessna A185E (N4730Q), Valentine, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop by the pilot. A factor contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N4730Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20020428010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020428010379A), Apr 28, 2002: Cessna A185E (N4730Q), Greeley, CO, No damage. (-23) Upon landing the pilot reported that the left brake failed, causing the aircraft to ground loop. The aircraft received substantial damage. Beegles…

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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