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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Ft Worth, TX · September 28, 2011

Date: September 28, 2011 · 15:50 local
Place: Ft Worth, TX
Airport: Meacham Field
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2530S
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,185 total60 in this make and model10 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 practicing to and landings. Aircraft exited the runway to the left side. ATC tower original report was the aircraft (a Cessna 150) was substantially damaged. Nose wheel was severly damaged. Upon arriving at the scene it was determined by this inspector the aircraft was a Cessna 185 skywagon had a small amount if abrasion damage on the prop spinner along with some turf around the rt wingtip light assembly. Further investigation determined the left landing gear appeared to be out of alignment .

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING TO AND LANDINGS. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE. ATC TOWER ORIGINAL REPORT WAS THE AIRCRAFT (A CESSNA 150) WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NOSE WHEEL WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED. UPON ARRIVING AT THE SCENE IT WAS DETERMINED BY THIS INSPECTOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS A CESSNA 185 SKYWAGON HAD A SMALL AMOUNT IF ABRASION DAMAGE ON THE PROP SPINNER ALONG WITH SOME TURF AROUND THE RT WINGTIP LIGHT ASSEMBLY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT .