# Accident 20130725013149A: Cessna A185F, Pocatello, ID, July 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2013, 12:27 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Airport: Pocatello Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9097° N, 112.5958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9097&lon=-112.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31YH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31YH-2014-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,201 total, 156 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130725013149A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/25/2013 AIRCRAFT N31YH WAS  PREPARING TO LAND AT (PIH) POCATELLO AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 21 WITH A  L/H CROSS QUARTERING TAIL WIND FROM 270 DEGREES @7KTS. NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT. PILOT STATES AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT SINK AND HAD AN INDICATED AIRSPEED OF 70KTS. PIC MAKES AN INPUT TO INCREASE ANGLE OF DECENT. WHEN MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTS TERRAIN THE RIGHT HAND WING CLIMBS AND THE TAIL YAWS LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLD UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROP AND LEFT HAND WING STRIKE THE GROUND. THE PIC AND PASSENGER GET OUT WITHOUT INJURY. THE LAST ANNUAL ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED 11/4/2012

## 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 WPR13CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA341), Jul 25, 2013: Cessna A185F (N31YH), Pocatello, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with gusting wind and a quartering tailwind.

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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