# Accident 20170711009039A: Cessna A185E, Nampa, ID, July 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Airport: Nampa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5814° N, 116.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5814&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711009039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED HARVEY FIELD (S43) SNOHOMISH, WA TO NAMPA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMAN) IN NAMPA, ID. PILOT STATED THAT ON DEPARTURE OUT OF S43 THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO LURCH TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ANY ANOMALIES DURING THE FLIGHT TO KMAN. PILOT STATED WHEN HE ARRIVED TO KMAN HE DID NOT LISTEN TO THE AWOS BUT WAS MONITORING THE LOCAL UNICOMM AND HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CALLING FINAL FOR RUNWAY 29. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO CALL DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 29 AND SAID HE LANDED WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 ON 07/11/2017. THE METAR FOR KMAN AT 1615MDT THE REPORTED WINDS WERE 330 AT 12KTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL WHEEL LANDING AND AS THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH LEFT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE LEFT HAND WING WITH DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND FORWARD SPAR AND THE UPPER WING SKIN IS DEFORMED JUST OUT BOARD OF THE WING STRUT ATTACH POINT INDICATING FORWARD AND AFT SPAR DAMAGE. THE LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR HAVE MINOR SURFACE DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE LEFT HAND ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN IS WRINKLED JUST AFT OF THE CENTER HINGE ATTACH POINT INDICATING POSSIBLE INTERNAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE LEFT HAND MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY OUT BOARD WHEEL HALF HAS DAMAGE ON THE OUTER EXPOSED PORTION OF THE BEAD SEAT FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS BINDING IN THE RUDDER AND TAIL WHEEL STEERING.

SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION PERFORMED ON 08/01/2017 BY A PART 65 CERTIFICATED AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT CERTIFICATE FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE RUDDER OR TAILWHEEL STEERING.

## 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 WPR17LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA162), Jul 11, 2017: Cessna A185E (N185LC), Nampa, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel airplane during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N185LC (1)

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

- [Accident 20030817020299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030817020299A), Aug 17, 2003: Cessna A185E (N185LC), Emmett, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) During second touch and go at Emmett, Idaho airport, runway 28, pilot stated the aircraft swerved left of runway centerline. He corrected by applying…

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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