# Accident 20150711012939A: Cessna A185F, Dauphin Island, AL, July 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dauphin Island, AL
- Airport: Dauphin Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2606° N, 88.1278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2606&lon=-88.1278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185DK-2021-12-17) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 900 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150711012939A

## Narrative

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

07/11/2015: AROUND 4:00 PM CST (2100 Z), DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 OF THE DAUPHIN ISLAND AIRPORT (4R9), PILOT STATED THAT A CROSS WIND FROM LH AT TOUCHDOWN TIME, CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY WITH THE LH WING TIP, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LH WING, AND ALSO TO THE LH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP. HE MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE OCCURRENCE HE WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE PLANE TO THE PARKING AREA WITH NO ISSUES.

07/20/2015: AFTER AIRCRAFT INSPECTION IT WAS VERIFIED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE LH WING TIP AREA, WITH BENT UPPER AND LOWER STIFFENERS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE REAR OR FRONT WING SPARS, AS WELL AS THE LH AILERON BEING BENT UP CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE HINGE AREA, WHICH SHOWS CHAFFING AND LOSS OF MATERIAL ON THE LH LOWER EXTERIOR SKIN AT THE AILERON TIP AREA. BOTH, TOP AND LOWER SKINS OF THE WING AT THE WING TIP AREA ARE SHOWING WRINKLES AND CREASES.  ALSO, THE LH MAIN WHEEL SUFFERED SEVERE CHAFFING ON THE OUTER HALF, CAUSING SCRATCHES TO THE EXTERIOR SHOULDER OF THE MAIN TIRE WITH DYNAMIC WITNESS MARKS.

## 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 GAA15CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA213), Jul 11, 2015: Cessna A185F (N185DK), Dauphin Island, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll in gusty wind conditions which resulted in a ground loop and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N185DK (2)

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

- [Accident 20200904009309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200904009309A), Sep 4, 2020: Cessna A185F (N185DK), Bellaire, MI, Substantial damage. On September 4, 2020 at 18:56 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Cessna A185F aircraft, N185DK, registered to [privacy data omitted] and operated by a private…
- [Accident 20160821014659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160821014659A), Aug 21, 2016: Cessna A185F (N185DK), Fayetteville, TN, Substantial damage. The pilot was practicing wheel landings with a crosswind. He lost control of the aircraft and the left wing tip and left horizontal stabilizer were damaged.…

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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