# Accident 20100623035959A: Cessna A185F, Bryce Canyon, UT, June 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2010, 11:40 local time
- Place: Bryce Canyon, UT
- Airport: Bryce Canyon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7067° N, 112.1450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7067&lon=-112.1450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55TA-2010-11-12) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100623035959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 3 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130-1145.  WINDS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS:  AT 11:30 SE AT 13 GUSTING TO 18.  AT 11:35 OUT OF SSE AT 9 GUSTING TO 17.  WINDS AT 11:40 OUT OF SOUTH AT 16 GUSTING TO 21.  WINDS AT 11:45 OUT OF THE SSE AT 9 GUSTING TO 21.  CLOSE TO ROTATION SPEED THE WIND LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND.  UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LIFT THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN AROUND.  AIRCRAFT SLID BACKWARDS AND SIDEWAYS DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN OFF INTO THE DIRT AND SAGEBRUSH SHEERING OFF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND CAUSING THE TAIL SECTION TO CRUMPLE IN AN ACCORDING TYPE OF ACTION.  PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER (WIFE) WERE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SEVERE ON RIGHT WING, TAIL SECTION, PROPELLER, NOSE.

## 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 WPR10CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA304), Jun 23, 2010: Cessna A185F (N55TA), Bryce Canyon, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswinds during takeoff.

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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