# Incident 20170303001869I: Cessna A185F, Rifle, CO, March 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5485E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5485E) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,934 total, 10,450 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170303001869I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/03/2017 AT 14:00 MDT, N5485E A CESSNA C185F SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING LANDING WITH A FLAT TIRE ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH FORWARD ONTO ITS NOSE ON RUNWAY 26 AT GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL, RIFLE, CO. THE SINGLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

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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