20121027027279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Jackson, MI · October 27, 2012

Date
October 27, 2012 · 15:30 local
Place
Jackson, MI
Airport
Jackson County - Reynolds
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75C
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
18,080 total38 in this make and model59 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.

Aircraft landed rwy 32 at jxn, after conducting pipeline patrol flight. ATIS (30 minutes old) reported winds as 360/8, gusting 16. Tower twice reported winds as 360/8. Aircraft ballooned in flare, touched down on centerline, then drifted to the right, with right wing up, left wing down FAR enough to contact the ground. Aircraft departed the runway and slowly nosed over, coming to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 32 AT JXN, AFTER CONDUCTING PIPELINE PATROL FLIGHT. ATIS (30 MINUTES OLD) REPORTED WINDS AS 360/8, GUSTING 16. TOWER TWICE REPORTED WINDS AS 360/8. AIRCRAFT BALLOONED IN FLARE, TOUCHED DOWN ON CENTERLINE, THEN DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, WITH RIGHT WING UP, LEFT WING DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO CONTACT THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND SLOWLY NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED.