# Accident 20101022050629A: Cessna 185, Fort Thomas, AZ, October 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2010, 13:50 local time
- Place: Fort Thomas, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0328° N, 109.9875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0328&lon=-109.9875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5011X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5011X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,110 total, 28 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101022050629A

## Narrative

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

N5011X DEPARTED 5AZ9, A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE SAME AIRFIELD.  NO WEATHER SERVICES WERE PROVIDED AT THIS AIRFIELD.  THE WIND WAS OBSERVED BY THE PILOT VIA WINDSOCK TO BE VARIABLE FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AND ESTIMATED TO BE 5-7 KNOTS.  THE FLIGHT STARTED WITH A NORMAL TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 35(A DOWN SLOPING RUNWAY) AT APPROXIMATELY 1:40P.M. LOCAL TIME.  ONCE THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN, A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN ENTRY WAS FLOWN FOR RUNWAY 17 (AN UP SLOPING RUNWAY).  WINDS WERE OBSERVED TO BE SAME AS THEY WERE AT TAKEOFF.  THE APPROACH WAS FLOWN WITH FULL FLAPS AND A NORMAL WHEEL LANDING WAS MADE.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AN ESTIMATED 100 YARDS OF NORMAL ROLLOUT ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  THEN, AT APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND FROM THE WEST (OR A POSSIBLE DUST DEVIL) WAS ENCOUNTERED BY THE PILOT.  DURING THIS ENCOUTER THE  THE PILOT TRIED TO INPUT CORRECTIVE ACTION USING RUDDER AND BRAKE PRESSURE, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT (WEST) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED A BERM AREA CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND AND THE NOSE TO PITCH OVER AND INPACT IN THE GROUND WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  THE PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND ALL THREE PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THEM LEFT DOOR.  NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 WPR11CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA024), Oct 22, 2010: Cessna 185 (N5011X), Fort Thomas, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with a dust devil during landing rollout, which resulted in the pilot not being able to maintain directional control.

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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