# Accident 20070825824289A: Cessna A185F, Lexington, OR, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lexington, OR
- Airport: Lexington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4541° N, 119.6903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEXINGTON (9S9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4541&lon=-119.6903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6497E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6497E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825824289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE REPORTED NORMAL LANDING WITH LIGHT WIND. AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED, LEFT WING DIPPED AND "GOT CROOKED." PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE WING, AND BRAKED HEAVY. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY, AND GROUND LOOPED. DAMAGE ON WING TIP, BACK OF AILERON, AND TO AUXILIARY SPAR. PILOT STATED SHE BELIEVED TIRE WAS LOW OR FLAT ON LANDING. HOWEVER, INITIAL PART OF LANDING WAS NORMAL IN ALL WAYS. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED VALVE STEM TORN FROM INNER TUBE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6497E (1)

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

- [Accident 20030625014339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625014339A), Jun 25, 2003: Cessna A185F (N6497E), Lexington, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC was practicing touch-and-go landings to ready himself for an FAR 135 flight checkride. The PIC departed the Lexington Airport and flew out to a…

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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