# Incident 20181208023359I: Cessna A185F, Rapid City, SD, December 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2018, 15:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2577Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2577Q) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,734 total, 845 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181208023359I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 8, 2018 AT 1500 MST, A CESSNA A185F REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DURING A PRACTICED EMERGENCY LANDING WHILE PROFICIENCY FLYING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. THE SINGLE CREWMEMBER ONBOARD WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS AN ATP CERTIFICATE AND A REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE

## Other reports on N2577Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20251002020189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251002020189I), Oct 2, 2025: Cessna A185F (N2577Q), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Pilot was performaning 3-point landing practice/currency in his tailwheel aircraft using runway 32. Upon final landing the pilot lost control of the aircraft…

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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