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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Farmington, NM · August 11, 2010

Date
August 11, 2010 · 11:50 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Airport
Farmington Four Courners
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4492
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN10LA474
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,159 total337 in this make and model9 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.

After 4.5 hours of cross country flight from kssf, the pilot approached kfnm for a fuel stop. The approach and touchdown on runway 25 were normal. On landing rollout, the aircraft turned sharply right and began skidding sideways, diagonally off the runway. The aircraft came to rest immediately adjacent to the right edge of runway 25, approxiamtely 1200 feet from the approach end. The left main gear collapsed and folded across and under the fuselage. The left wing from mid-point of its aileron outward was bent upward approximately 20 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER 4.5 HOURS OF CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KSSF, THE PILOT APPROACHED KFNM FOR A FUEL STOP. THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 25 WERE NORMAL. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY RIGHT AND BEGAN SKIDDING SIDEWAYS, DIAGONALLY OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 25, APPROXIAMTELY 1200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED ACROSS AND UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT WING FROM MID-POINT OF ITS AILERON OUTWARD WAS BENT UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

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