# Accident 20091119051619A: Cessna A185F, Lewiston, ME, November 19, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ME
- Airport: Auburn/Lewiston
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0422° N, 70.2833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0422&lon=-70.2833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091119051619A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 AT AUBURN-LEWISTON AIRPORT (LEW), THE PILOT PERFORMED A WHEEL LANDING.  PILOT INDICATED THE TAIL CAME DOWN AND STARTED TO GO LEFT, PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND AIRCRAFT STARTED SKIDDING.  AIRCRAFT THEN WENT INTO A GROUND LOOP AND THE PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER.  AIRCRAFT SLID ONTO THE GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.  PILOT ALSO INDICATED THERE WAS NO CROSS WIND COMPONENT AND WIND WAS CALM.AIRCRAFT DAMAGE:  LEFT HAND WING BENT, LEFT LANDING GEAR TORN OFF, THREE BLADED PROPELLER APPEARED BENT, LEFT ELEVATOR DAMAGED AND LANDING GEAR BOX DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA10CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA068), Nov 19, 2009: Cessna C185F (N95JR), Auburn, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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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