20200222002359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Hawley, MN · February 22, 2020

Date
February 22, 2020 · 16:00 local
Place
Hawley, MN
Airport
Hawley Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N550FK
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20CA101
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,739 total1,472 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was planning a touch & go and was configured for a three point landing. The tail wheel contacted the runway first causing the main gear to contact the runway hard. The aircraft bounced and drifted to the right. The pilot applied full power attempting to abort the landing. The right main landing gear contacted the snow and the aircraft spun hard in a clockwise direction causing the left wing to impact the ground. The aircraft came to rest on it's nose just off the right side of the runway. The pilot and passenger were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS PLANNING A TOUCH & GO AND WAS CONFIGURED FOR A THREE POINT LANDING. THE TAIL WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FIRST CAUSING THE MAIN GEAR TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY HARD. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER ATTEMPTING TO ABORT THE LANDING. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE SNOW AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN HARD IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S NOSE JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.