# Accident 20180820015259A: Cessna A185F, Mccall, ID, August 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2018, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2MDA
- Location: 44.5333° N, 116.0611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5333&lon=-116.0611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93039, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93039) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA501](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA501) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820015259A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 34, THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AS A RESULT OF UNREPORTED WINDGUSTS. THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER & BRAKE FOR CORRECTION. AT THAT TIME HE REALIZED THE RIGHT BRAKE HAD FAILED. THE PILOT REPORTED HE THEN INTENTIONALLY APPLIED REMAINING LEFT BRAKE TO INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, HOWEVER THE RIGHT WHEEL STUCK IN LOOSE DIRT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING AND ELEVATOR TO MAKE GROUND CONTACT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE BREAK SHOWED THE COTTER PIN WAS MISSING THAT CONNECTS THE PLUNGER ROD TO THE RUDDER PEDDLE RENDERING THE BRAKE INOPERATIVE.

AMENDED 3/5/2019 BY PLD

REMOVED PILOT DATA AT REQ OF AFS 620

## 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 GAA18CA501](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA501), Aug 20, 2018: Cessna A185 (N93039), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disconnection of the brake cylinder actuator rod, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N93039 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880406025449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880406025449I), Apr 6, 1988: Cessna 185 (N93039), Warren, ID, Minor damage. Tail wheel struck a rut in the snow covered runway. Pilot lost control ran off runway and wing struck a tree.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.