# Accident 20170509004259A: Cessna A185F, Columbia, CA, May 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2017, 13:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0312° N, 120.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0312&lon=-120.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158RX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N158RX) (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: 3,800 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509004259A

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, THEN RIGHT, THEN LEFT AGAIN AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SKID TO THE LEFT. JUST BEFORE IT LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF AND THE STRUT DUG INTO THE GRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND BEGAN TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THIS WAS STOPPED BY THE RIGHT WING WHICH CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SUFFERED COMPOUND BENDS TO ABOUT 40 DEGREES. THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE ASPHAULT AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT APPROXIMATELY 490 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN POINT. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N158RX (1)

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

- [Incident 20140615010049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140615010049I), Jun 15, 2014: Cessna A185F (N158RX), Gwinn, MI, Minor damage. On June 15, 2014, at 1100 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Cessna, CE-185F airplane, N158RX, sustained minor damage while landing at Sawyer Int'L airport (ksaw),…

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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