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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Rapid City, SD · June 17, 2011

Date: June 17, 2011 · 18:12 local
Place: Rapid City, SD
Airport: Rapid City Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N185BR
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total240 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N185BRRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18503900 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 06/17/2011 at approximately 1812 local. A Cessna A185F (N185BR) while attempting to land on runway 32 at the Rapid City Regional Airport made a hard landing. On touch down the tail wheel tire blew out, the l/h main wheel axle bolts sheered from the spring strut and the wheel and tire assembly separated from the strut. The aircraft veered sharply to the right scrapping the l/h wing tip and o/b t/e of the l/h aileron on the runway coming to a stop on the right side of the runway. The pilot (sole occupant) of the aircraft was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 06/17/2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1812 LOCAL. A CESSNA A185F (N185BR) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT MADE A HARD LANDING. ON TOUCH DOWN THE TAIL WHEEL TIRE BLEW OUT, THE L/H MAIN WHEEL AXLE BOLTS SHEERED FROM THE SPRING STRUT AND THE WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT SCRAPPING THE L/H WING TIP AND O/B T/E OF THE L/H AILERON ON THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.