# Accident 20190322001809A: Cessna A185F, Lafayette, LA, March 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2744Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,962 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190322001809A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ROLLED OUT AFTER LANDING. UPON ENTERING TAXIWAY PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE GRABBED VERY HARD AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING AND AILERON. THE RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY ALSO RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE DISK AND LININGS AND ALSO OPERATING THE RIGHT BRAKE, THERE WERE NO EVIDENCE OF BRAKE GRABBING. BRAKES OPERATED NORMAL.

## 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

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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