# Accident 20110618015409A: Cessna A185F, Andover, NJ, June 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Andover, NJ
- Airport: Trinca
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2989° N, 74.5212° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2989&lon=-74.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714TX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110618015409A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA11CA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA356), Jun 18, 2011: Cessna A185F (N714TX), Trinca, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a ground-loop.

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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