# Accident 20140228003599A: Cessna A185F, Fredericksburg, TX, February 28, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport: Fredericksburg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2431° N, 98.9092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2431&lon=-98.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30AW) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,584 total, 394 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140228003599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY WIND GUST AND DIRECT CROSSWIND ON TAKEOFF ROLL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED TO SPIN TO LEFT SIDE. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING RIGHT WING TO DIP AND MAKE CONTACT WITH GROUND SURFACE. SEVERAL RIGHT WING RIBS WERE DAMAGED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM MAIN GEAR BOX AND WAS EJECTED FROM AIRCRAFT. PROPELLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND SURFACE. AT TIME OF TAKEOFF WIND WAS REPORTED AT 240/10/G14KTS. PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN14CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA177), Feb 28, 2014: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Fredericksburg, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff with a gusting crosswind.

## Other reports on N30AW (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010705016219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705016219I), Jul 5, 2001: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. (-23) VFR weather and surface winds 290 @ 14 gusting to 19 KTS. Pilot made initial landing attempt to runway 27R @ptk. Pilot stated he did not like the…
- [Incident 19970608013549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970608013549I), Jun 8, 1997: Cessna A185F (N30AW), Romeo, MI, Substantial damage. Narrative: Mr. Anderson was on a pleasure trip from mackinaw to home at new haven/macomb airport #57D while in the Romeo area, his plane engine had a…
- [Accident 19780521012529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521012529A), May 21, 1978: Cessna 414A (N30AW), Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Pieces of o ring packing lodged in ball check chamber of uplock ator,p/n 5727110-5.

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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