# Accident 20110428007619A: Cessna A185F, Hot Springs, AR, April 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2011, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Hot Springs Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4781° N, 93.0961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4781&lon=-93.0961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2530S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,100 total, 160 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110428007619A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28, 2011, APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL, N2530S, A CESSNA 185F LANDED AT HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KHOT) ON RUNWAY 23 WITH WINDS AT 300 DEGREES AND 7 KNOTS.  UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE WIND CANTED THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING UPWARD RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGING THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL HUB GRINDING ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING FORWARD AND AFT SPARS AND A 30 DEGREE UPWARD BEND TO THE LEFT WINGTIP WHICH WAS CRACKED OPEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO BE TAXIED TO PARKING.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT WAS UNHURT AS WERE HIS THREE PASSENGERS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT WHO OPERATED THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91 FLIGHT FROM FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KFTW) TO KHOT VIA DAYTIME VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN11CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA291), Apr 28, 2011: Cessna A185F (N2530S), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced 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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