20110618015409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Andover, NJ · June 18, 2011

Date
June 18, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Andover, NJ
Airport
Trinca
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N714TX
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA356
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
24,500 total2,500 in this make and model110 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.

Pilot privacy data omitted was providing checkout training in the aircraft to the privacy data omitted. They departed from home base at kcdw and flew to 13N to perform landing practice with the aircraft privacy data omitted, a private pilot with tailwheel training but not yet endorsed for tailwheel aircraft, flying . They circled the field and observed the uneventful landing of a Piper cub. This affirmed to them that the field was clear and viable for landing. They proceded with a landing to the south with a normal touchdown on the centerline and first one third of the runway. Upon rollout the aircraft rolled through a depression in the runway and bounced to the left. Both pilots applied right rudder and brake input for correction. The inputs were insuffecient to prevent a ground loop to the left. The aircraft slid on the wet grass until the right main gear collapsed allowing the right wind to strike the ground. Substantial damage resulted due to the wing strike and gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROVIDING CHECKOUT TRAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THEY DEPARTED FROM HOME BASE AT KCDW AND FLEW TO 13N TO PERFORM LANDING PRACTICE WITH THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT WITH TAILWHEEL TRAINING BUT NOT YET ENDORSED FOR TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT, FLYING . THEY CIRCLED THE FIELD AND OBSERVED THE UNEVENTFUL LANDING OF A PIPER CUB. THIS AFFIRMED TO THEM THAT THE FIELD WAS CLEAR AND VIABLE FOR LANDING. THEY PROCEDED WITH A LANDING TO THE SOUTH WITH A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON THE CENTERLINE AND FIRST ONE THIRD OF THE RUNWAY. UPON ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH A DEPRESSION IN THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED TO THE LEFT. BOTH PILOTS APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE INPUT FOR CORRECTION. THE INPUTS WERE INSUFFECIENT TO PREVENT A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE WET GRASS UNTIL THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE RIGHT WIND TO STRIKE THE GROUND. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTED DUE TO THE WING STRIKE AND GEAR COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

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