# Accident 20110906022869A: Cessna A185F, Hays, KS, September 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2011, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550DP-2014-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-D (registry code 17210, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,280 total, 130 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA685](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA685) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110906022869A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO HAYS, KANSAS, ON VFR FLIGHT, IN VMC CONDITIONS, IN A CE-185, N550DP.  THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AND WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PORPOISED DURING THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND FLARE.  FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY, TIRE TREAD AND A SCRAPE MARK IS VISIBLE, ANGLING FROM THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  ALONG THIS SKIDMARK/SCRAPE, THE PROPELLER BEGAN IMPACTING THE RUNWAY.  NUMEROUS MARKS INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS WINGS WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.  THE EVENT MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS A GROUND LOOP.THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EGRESSED WITHOUT INJURY.  THE PILOT PROVIDED A STATEMENT ADMITTING TO THE GROUND LOOP, AS DID HIS PASSENGER.  WITNESSES IN THE TERMINAL PROVIDED DESCRIPTIONS ALSO SUPPORTING THE GROUND LOOP.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF LANDING WAS REPORTED AS 100/13KT 10SM CLR 26/04 A 30.10.

## 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 CEN11CA685](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA685), Sep 6, 2011: Cessna A185F (N550DP), Hays, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of 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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