# Accident 20200517000909A: Cessna 185, Winifred, MT, May 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2020, 18:00 local time
- Place: Winifred, MT
- Airport: Left Coulee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8853° N, 109.0228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8853&lon=-109.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185-2025-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 349 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200517000909A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON AN UN-IMPROVED RUNWAY, THE PILOT BOUNCED TWICE AND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT DUE TO A GUST OF WIND.  THE PILOT INPUT LEFT RUDDER BUT COULD NOT RE-CENTER THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO HITTING A TREE WITH THE RIGHT WING.  THE AIRCAFT SKIDDED DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR20CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA149), May 17, 2020: Cessna 185 (N185), Winifred, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadequate flare that resulted in a bounced landing and the pilot's subsequent delayed decision to go-around that did not allow for sufficient clearance from trees when the airplane was affected…

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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